United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.387981904/1979Ben Fortson served as Georgia's secretary of state for thirty-three years. Despite being confined to a wheelchair after a car accident at the age of twenty-four, Fortson was an energetic and much-loved public servant. He remained in office until his death in 1979.Photograph of former Georgia secretary of state Ben Fortson. He faces forward; his hands are folded in front of him. Fortson served as Georgia's secretary of state for thirty-three years. An energetic and much-loved public servant, Fortson remained in office until his death in 1979. He was customarily known as "Mr. Ben," especially to the scores of schoolchildren who visited the capitol each year. After being involved in a car accident at the age of twenty-four, Fortson used a wheelchair for the remainder of his life.image/jpeghttp://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/ben-fortson-1904-1979Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopediahttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/ben-fortson-1904-1979Forms part of: New Georgia EncyclopediaSecretaries of State (State governments)--Georgia--AtlantaState governments--Officials and employeesWheelchairs--Georgia--AtlantaMen--Georgia--AtlantaPoliticians--Georgia--AtlantaParalytics--Georgia--AtlantaFortson, Ben Wynn, 1904-Ben FortsonStillImage