- Collection:
- Boyd Lewis Photographs
- Title:
- Civil Rights Rally
- Creator:
- Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
- Date of Original:
- 1970/1980
- Subject:
- African Americans--1970-1980
Civil rights
Civil rights leaders--Georgia
Civil rights movements
Civil rights demonstrations--Georgia--Monroe
Politicians--Georgia
Courthouses--Georgia--Monroe
Facades--Georgia--Monroe
Plants
Night--Georgia--Monroe
Activists--Georgia--Atlanta
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Brooks, Tyrone L., 1945- - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Walton County, Monroe, 33.79484, -83.71323
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of Tyrone Brooks, the communications director for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), leading a civil rights rally on the steps of the courthouse in Monroe, 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 101.353.002
ahc101353002.jpg - Metadata URL:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/digital/collection/byd/id/887
- IIIF manifest:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/iiif/2/byd:887/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:
-
