- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Black and White Table
- Date of Original:
- 1962
- Subject:
- Dwellings--Georgia--Atlanta
Men--Georgia--Atlanta
Women--Georgia--Atlanta
African American men--Georgia--Atlanta
African American women--Georgia--Atlanta
Infants--Georgia--Atlanta
African American infants--Georgia--Atlanta
Tableware--Georgia--Atlanta
Civil rights--Georgia--Atlanta
African Americans--Civil rights--Georgia--Atlanta
Tables--Georgia--Atlanta
Dinners and dining--Georgia--Atlanta
Mennonites--Georgia--Atlanta
Civil rights workers--Georgia--Atlanta
Civil rights--Religious aspects
Civil rights--Religious aspects--Mennonites - People:
- Harding, Vincent--Homes and haunts
Harding, Vincent - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Residents of the Mennonite House, a center of civil rights activity in Atlanta from 1961 to 1964, gather around the "black and white table." The table, built in 1962 by Mennonites Vincent Harding and Bill Cooper, was made of light maple and dark mahogany or cherry, symbolizing racial unity.
Photograph of residents of the Mennonite House, a center of civil rights activity in Atlanta, Georgia from 1961 to 1964, gathered around the "black and white table." The table, built in 1962 by Mennonites Vincent Harding and Bill Cooper, was made of light maple and dark mahogany or cherry, symbolizing racial unity. Six diners, both white and African American, sit around the table, on which a meal is spread.
The Mennonite House, which was located on Houston Street in Atlanta, Georgia, served as a residence and headquarters for Mennonites active in the civil rights movement. The house was established by Vincent Harding, a Mennonite minister, and his wife, Rosemarie. In 1962 Vincent Harding was arrested at a demonstration in Albany, Georgia during the Albany Movement, prompting internal debate over appropriate protest activities for Mennonites. The Hardings ultimately left Mennonite House in 1964. - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/mennonites/m-10773/
- Rights Holder:
- Reprinted by permission of Mennonite Church USA Historical Committee
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/mennonites
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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