- Collection:
- Boyd Lewis Photographs
- Title:
- MARTA Meeting
- Creator:
- Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
- Date of Original:
- 1973-01-18
- Subject:
- African Americans--1970-1980
Politicians--Georgia
Politics and government--Georgia
Transportation--Georgia--Atlanta
Meetings--Georgia--Atlanta
Legislators--Georgia
Television cameras
Press--Georgia--Atlanta
Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority
McKinney, James E.
Williamson, Quentin V.
Johnson, Leroy, 1928-
Brown, Ben
Bond, Julian, 1940-2015
Georgia Legislative Black Caucus, Inc. - People:
- Jackson, Maynard, 1938-2003
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of members of the Georgia Legislative Black Caucus and members of Atlanta city government, including (seated right to left) State Representative Billy McKinney, Atlanta Alderman Q. V. Williamson, State Senator Leroy Johnson, Atlanta Vice Mayor Maynard Jackson, State Representative Ben Brown, and State Representative Julian Bond, in a meeting with members of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) Board of Directors, to discuss issues of overall transporation service and black employment by the transit authority, in Atlanta, Georgia.
The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) is the principle rapid transit system for the city of Atlanta, and outlying counties. MARTA was established in 1965 by an act of the Georgia General Assembly. In 1972 MARTA purchased the Atlanta Transit System and took control of the area's bus transportation. Construction began on a rapid rail system in 1975 with the first rail service commencing in 1979. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 101.464.007
ahc101464007.jpg - Metadata URL:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/digital/collection/byd/id/921
- IIIF manifest:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/iiif/2/byd:921/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:
-
