- Collection:
- Boyd Lewis Photographs
- Title:
- Ben Brown
- Creator:
- Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
- Date of Original:
- 1970/1980
- Subject:
- Politics and government--Georgia
Politicians--Georgia
Legislators--Georgia
African Americans--1970-1980
Lawyers
Clothing and dress--1970-1980
Eyeglasses
Telephones
Brown, Ben - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of Georgia State Representative Ben Brown on the telephone in Atlanta, Georgia.
Benjamin Brown (1939-1999) was a lawyer active in the civil rights movement in the 1960s and was one of the founders of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). He served in the Georgia House of Representatives in 1966 and from 1969 to 1977, where he was an organizer and chairman of the Georgia Legislative Black Caucus and president of the Georgia Association of Black Officials. He served as deputy director of Jimmy Carter's presidential campaign and was later chosen by President Carter to be deputy chairman of the Democratic National Committee. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 101.235.002
ahc101235002.jpg - Metadata URL:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/digital/collection/byd/id/466
- IIIF manifest:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/iiif/2/byd:466/manifest.json
- Rights Holder:
- This material is protected by copyright law. (Title 17, U. S. Code) Permission for use must be cleared through The Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Licensing agreement may be required.
- Extent:
- 35 mm black and white negative
- Original Collection:
- Boyd Lewis Photographs, Atlanta History Center
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
