- Collection:
- Herbert T. Jenkins Photographs
- Title:
- Summerhill Riot
- Date of Original:
- 1966-09-06
- Subject:
- Riots--Georgia--Atlanta
Events--Georgia--Atlanta
Race riots--Georgia--Atlanta
Bullhorns
African Americans--1960-1970
Mayors--Georgia--Atlanta
Hats--1960-1970
Law enforcement officers--Georgia--Atlanta
Uniforms--1960-1970
Crowds--Georgia--Atlanta
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
Atlanta Police Department (Atlanta, Ga.) - People:
- Allen, Ivan, 1911-2003
Means, Joseph - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Summerhill, 33.73788, -84.38437
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Riot Area
View of Atlanta Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. standing atop a car while Joseph Means of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee speaks to the crowd during a riot in the Summerhill neighborhood in Atlanta, Georgia.
On September 6, 1966 a riot involving several thousand people occurred in the Summerhill neighborhood in Atlanta, Georgia after Atlanta police shot a suspected car thief. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 43.06.08
ahc043006008a.jpg - Metadata URL:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/digital/collection/Jenkins/id/17
- IIIF manifest:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/iiif/2/Jenkins:17/manifest.json
- Additional Rights Information:
- 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:
- 8 x 10 in. silver gelatin print
- Original Collection:
- Herbert Jenkins Photographs, Atlanta History Center
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
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