- Collection:
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs
- Title:
- Students from West Georgia College protest the Georgia Legislature's election of Herman Talmadge as governor during the "Three Governors Controversy," town square, Carrollton, Georgia, January 1947.
- Creator:
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- Contributor to Resource:
- O'Neal, Tracy
- Date of Original:
- 1947-01
- Subject:
- Elections
Contested elections
Students
Student protesters
WEST GEORGIA COLLEGE
Georgia. Office of the Governor - People:
- Talmadge, Herman E. (Herman Eugene), 1913-2002
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Carroll County, 33.58282, -85.07974
United States, Georgia, Carroll County, Carrollton, 33.58011, -85.07661 - Medium:
- photographic prints
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- Newspaper caption attached to print verso: "Signs speak the minds of West Georgia students. Carrollton, Ga., Jan. 22.--With placards that speak for themselves, college students demonstrate at the town square here Tuesday afternoon against the Legislature's election of Herman Talmadge and 'the relapse of Georgia after walking along the road to a progressive government.' -- Journal photo by Tracy O'Neal." Some of the signs read "To have a dictator, or not to have one -- that is the question"; "Is Georgia a democracy or a monarchy?"; "Is this 'pretender' the same Herman Talmadge that was a guest of the JAP government in 1939?." Caption inscribed "1939?"
- Metadata URL:
- http://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ajc/id/1337
- IIIF manifest:
- https://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/iiif/2/ajc:1337/manifest.json
- Additional Rights Information:
- This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. In addition, no permission is required from the rights-holder(s) for educational uses. For other uses, you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: AJCP388-056e, Atlanta Journal Constitution Photographic Archives. Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library.
- Original Collection:
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographic Archive
- Holding Institution:
- Georgia State University. Special Collections
- Rights:
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