- Collection:
- Boyd Lewis Photographs
- Title:
- Aleck's Barbecue Heaven
- Creator:
- Lewis, Boyd, 1944-2023
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center
- Date of Original:
- 1970/1979
- Subject:
- Restaurants--Georgia--Atlanta
Food industry and trade--Georgia--Atlanta
Buildings--Georgia--Atlanta
Women--1970-1980
Eyeglasses
Aleck's Barbecue Heaven (Atlanta, Ga.) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, 33.752388, -84.463131
- Medium:
- black-and-white negatives
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of an unidentified woman sitting at the counter of Aleck's Barbecue Heaven restaurant in Atlanta, Georgia.
Aleck’s Barbecue Heaven was a restaurant founded by Ernest J. Alexander in 1942. It was located on 783 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive before it was demolished in the late 1990s. The restaurant was frequently visited by Civil Rights leaders, including Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Ralph David Abernathy. - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/byd/id/4917
- Additional Rights Information:
- This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. In addition, no permission is required from the rights-holder(s) for educational uses. For other uses, you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s). Please contact the Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center for more information at images@atlantahistorycenter.com. Licensing and reproduction fees may apply.
- Original Collection:
- Boyd Lewis photographs||MSS 1118, Southwind recordings, Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
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