United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.387982006J. W. Robinson, pictured in June 2006, was an influential Georgia architect. In addition to his firm's work on such public projects as parks, university buildings, and churches in Atlanta, Robinson took an active role in the preservation of historic buildings in the state.Photograph of Atlanta, Georgia architect J. W. Robinson. He wears a dark suit and patterned tie. He faces forward.In 1995 J. W. Robinson became the first African American architect from Georgia to be elevated to fellowship in the American Institute of Architects (AIA). Robinson has been a practicing architect for more than thirty years and an educator and mentor to African American architects and other professionals. His work has included historic preservation in the Sweet Auburn and Martin Luther King Jr. historic districts of Atlanta. He is a charter member of the National Organization of Minority Architects.image/jpeghttp://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/j-w-robinson-1927-2008Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopediahttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/j-w-robinson-1927-2008Forms part of: New Georgia EncyclopediaArchitects--Georgia--AtlantaAfrican American architects--Georgia--AtlantaTeachers--Georgia--AtlantaAfrican American teachers--Georgia--AtlantaCivic leaders--Georgia--AtlantaAfrican American civic leaders--Georgia--AtlantaEducators--Georgia--AtlantaAfrican American educators--Georgia--AtlantaMen--Georgia--AtlantaAfrican American men--Georgia--AtlantaRobinson, J. W. (Joseph W.), 1927-J. W. RobinsonStillImage