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- Collection:
- Southline Press, Inc. Photographs
- Title:
- Murphy Davis
- Creator:
- Unknown
- Date of Original:
- 1987
- Subject:
- Activists--Georgia--Atlanta
Activists
Pacifists--1980-1990
Civil rights movements
Civil rights--Georgia--Atlanta
Clothing and dress--1980-1990
Capital punishment
Hairstyles--1970-1980
Davis, Murphy, 1948- - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of anti-death penalty activist Murphy Davis standing in front of a list of executions that have taken place in the United States since 1977.
Murphy Davis was an anti-death penalty activist and advocate for the poor. She was born in 1948 and grew up in Louisiana and North Carolina. She was pursuing a career in Theology when the U.S. Supreme Court upheld Georgia's law of Capital Punishment in 1976. She has worked for the abolition of the death penalty, housing the homeless, the Movement for racial justice, justice for the poor, and the abolition of war. Davis and her husband are founding partners of the Open Door Community, a diverse residential Christian community in downtown Atlanta. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 158.18.12
ahc158018012a.jpg - Metadata URL:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/digital/collection/southline/id/243
- IIIF manifest:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/iiif/2/southline:243/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:
- Southline Press, Inc. Photographs, Atlanta History Center
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights: