- Collection:
- Boyd Lewis Photographs
- Title:
- Tyrone Brooks at SCLC Office
- Creator:
- Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
- Date of Original:
- 1970/1980
- Subject:
- African Americans--1970-1980
Civil rights--Georgia--Atlanta
Politicians--Georgia
Activists--Georgia--Atlanta
Families--Georgia--Atlanta
Offices--Georgia--Atlanta
Children--1970-1980
Women--1970-1980
Facades--Georgia--Atlanta
Signs (Notices)--Georgia--Atlanta
Buildings--Georgia--Atlanta
Clothing and dress--1970-1980
Sidewalks--Georgia--Atlanta
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Brooks, Tyrone L., 1945- - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, Auburn Avenue, 33.755509, -84.376596 - Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of Tyrone Brooks (far left), a Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) staffer, with an unidentified family outside the SCLC office on Auburn Avenue in Atlanta, Georgia.
Tyrone L. Brooks, Sr. (1945- ) is a civil rights activist who began working for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) as a volunteer at the age of fifteen. He became a full-time staff member to the organization in 1967 and later became its Communications Director. In 1980, Brooks was elected to the Georgia House of Representatives and continues to serve as a Georgia legislator, representing District 63, which encompasses parts of Douglas and Fulton Counties. Brooks is President of the Georgia Association of Black Elected Officials and is a member of the Georgia Legislative Black Caucus. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 101.249.005
ahc101249005.jpg - Metadata URL:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/digital/collection/byd/id/510
- IIIF manifest:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/iiif/2/byd:510/manifest.json
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: MSS 602, Boyd Lewis Papers, Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center
- Extent:
- 35 mm black and white negative
- Original Collection:
- Boyd Lewis Photographs, Atlanta History Center
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
