- Collection:
- Boyd Lewis Photographs
- Title:
- Atlanta City Hall Open House
- Creator:
- Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
- Date of Original:
- 1973-05-03
- Subject:
- City and town halls--Georgia--Atlanta
Politics and government--Georgia--Atlanta
Police--Georgia--Atlanta
Audiences--Georgia--Atlanta
Microphone
Public speaking--Georgia--Atlanta
Interiors--Georgia--Atlanta
Television cameras
Press--Georgia--Atlanta
African Americans--1970-1980
Inman, John
Atlanta City Hall (Atlanta, Ga.)
Atlanta Police Department (Atlanta, Ga.)
WSB (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of Atlanta Police Chief John Inman (foreground) fielding questions from the audience at the "Ask the Department Head Night," an open house for Atlanta's citizens at Atlanta City Hall in downtown Atlanta, Georgia.
John Inman joined the Atlanta Police Department in 1949. In 1972, Mayor Sam Massell appointed him Chief of Police. Inman's tenure was marked with controversy and his critics charged him with racism, mismanagement, and corruption. In 1974, Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson tried to fire Inman. After much controversy, Inman eventually retired on a pension. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 101.286.009
ahc101286009.jpg - Metadata URL:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/digital/collection/byd/id/691
- IIIF manifest:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/iiif/2/byd:691/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:
-
