- Collection:
- Boyd Lewis Photographs
- Title:
- Lyndon Wade and Goodwin "Shag" Cates
- Creator:
- Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
- Date of Original:
- 1970/1980
- Subject:
- Politicians--Georgia
Politics and government--Georgia
African Americans--1970-1980
Civil rights
Rites and ceremonies
Nonprofit organizations
Atlanta Urban League
Wade, Lyndon A.
Cates, Goodwin - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of Lyndon Wade (right), the president of the Atlanta Urban League, and Goodwin "Shag" Cates (second from right), the chairman of the Fulton County Commission, at a check passing ceremony with other unidentified individuals in Atlanta, Georgia.
Lyndon Wade (1934- ) served as President of the Atlanta Urban League from 1968 to 2001. From 1971 to 1975, he chaired a court-appointed bi-racial Advisory Committee to the Atlanta Board of Education that helped end years of litigation and fighting over the desegregation of the Atlanta public school system. From 1971 to 1986, Wade served on the Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA). - Local Identifier:
- VIS 101.318.003
ahc101318003.jpg - Metadata URL:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/digital/collection/byd/id/818
- IIIF manifest:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/iiif/2/byd:818/manifest.json
- Extent:
- 35 mm black and white negative
- Original Collection:
- MSS 602, Boyd Lewis Papers, Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
