- Collection:
- Boyd Lewis Photographs
- Title:
- Arthur Langford
- Creator:
- Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
- Date of Original:
- 1970/1980
- Subject:
- African Americans--1970-1980
Politics and government--Georgia--Atlanta
Politics and government--United States
Legislative hearings
Employee rights--United States
Politicians--Georgia--Atlanta
Langford, Arthur, d. 1994
Atlanta City Hall (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 City Councilman Arthur Langford speaking at hearings regarding the Humphrey-Hawkins Full Employment Bill at Atlanta City Hall in downtown Atlanta, Georgia.
Arthur Langford Jr. (d. 1994) was elected to the Atlanta City Council at the age of twenty-three. He served on the Council for eight years before becoming a Georgia State Senator in 1984. He served in the Senate until he passed away in 1994. In 1972, as a student as Morris Brown College, Langford established the United Youth Adult Conference, an organization that worked, in part, to reduce violence and the drug trade in low-income neighborhoods. Langford also served as an associate minister at the West Hunter Street Baptist Church. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 101.339.009
ahc101339009.jpg - Metadata URL:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/digital/collection/byd/id/854
- IIIF manifest:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/iiif/2/byd:854/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:
-
