- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Lucy Craft Laney's Capitol Portrait
- Contributor to Resource:
- Courtesy of Georgia Capitol Museum, University of Georgia Libraries
- Date of Original:
- 1933/1974
- Subject:
- Education--Georgia
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Lucy Craft Laney’s portrait, pictured, was the first portrait of an African American woman to be displayed in the Georgia state capitol. It was selected by Governor Jimmy Carter in 1974. Laney was also inducted into the Georgia Women of Achievement in 1992.
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/education/lucy-craft-laney-1854-1933/lucy-craft-laney-portrait_001-2/
- Digital Object URL:
- https://vault.georgiaarchives.org/digital/collection/cac/id/141/rec/1
- Original Collection:
- Capitol Art Collection (Capitol Museum Collection)
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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