- Collection:
- Joe McTyre Photograph Collection, 1889-1985, undated
- Title:
- Williams, Hosea
- Creator:
- Grimes, Bill
- Publisher:
- Joe McTyre Photograph Collection, Atlanta History Center
- Date of Original:
- 1974-05-27
- Subject:
- Civil rights demonstrations--Georgia--Atlanta
Police--Georgia--Atlanta
Law enforcement officers--Georgia--Atlanta
African Americans--1970-1980
Signs (Notices)--Georgia--Atlanta
Civil rights leaders--Georgia--Atlanta
Williams, Hosea, 1926-2000
Inman, John - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of civil rights leader Hosea Williams leading a protest against Atlanta Police Chief John Inman for incidents of police brutality against African Americans in Atlanta, Georgia.
Hosea Williams was a United States civil rights leader and ordained reverend. He was a leader of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and organized and led marches in the 1960s through the 1980s. He founded Hosea Feed the Hungry and Homeless, a non-profit foundation in Atlanta that provides food free health services for the indigent. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 106.74.01
ahc106074001a.jpg - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/McTyre/id/77
- 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.
- Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Extent:
- 8 x 10 in. silver gelatin print
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
