- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Calvin Smyre and Tom Buck
- Date of Original:
- 1982
- Subject:
- Legislators--Georgia
African American legislators--Georgia
Politicians--Georgia--Atlanta
African American politicians--Georgia--Atlanta
Men--Georgia--Atlanta
African American men--Georgia--Atlanta
Lawyers--Georgia--Atlanta
Georgia. General Assembly. House of Representatives
Buck, Tom, 1938-
Smyre, Calvin, 1947- - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- color photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Calvin Smyre (left) and Tom Buck were powerful and effective legislators in the state House of Representatives for their home district of Columbus. They are pictured in 1986.
Photograph of Georgia representatives Calvin Smyre (left) and Tom Buck. They sit side by side at a wooden desk in the legislative chambers. Several unidentified legislators sit behind them. These men served in the state House of Representatives for their home district of Columbus, Georgia.
Buck served in the Georgia House of Representatives for thirty-eight years, one of the longest tenures of any lawmaker in the state's history. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/tom-buck-b-1938/m-10797/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of Edwin Jackson, Carl Vinson Institute of Government, University of Georgia
Georgia Info, Digital Library of Georgia - Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/tom-buck-b-1938
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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