- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Sweet Auburn Festival
- Date of Original:
- 2005-05-08
- Subject:
- Festivals--Georgia--Atlanta
Pedestrians--Georgia--Atlanta
Buildings--Georgia--Atlanta
Children--Georgia--Atlanta
African American children--Georgia--Atlanta
Women--Georgia--Atlanta
African American women--Georgia--Atlanta
Men--Georgia--Atlanta
African American men--Georgia--Atlanta
Streets--Georgia--Atlanta
Signs and signboards--Georgia--Atlanta
Commercial buildings--Georgia--Atlanta
Street signs--Georgia--Atlanta
Street names--Georgia--Atlanta
Atlanta (Ga.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Williams, Hosea, 1926-2000
Williams, Hosea, 1926- - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- color photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Visitors enjoy the activities offered at the Sweet Auburn Heritage Festival, held each year in the Auburn Avenue historic district. The festival was founded in 1984 by civil rights leader Hosea Williams.
Photograph of visitors enjoying the activities offered at the Sweet Auburn Heritage Festival, held each year in the Auburn Avenue historic district in Atlanta, Georgia. Auburn Avenue is blocked off from automobile traffic, and both children and adults walk on the street. Booths offering goods sit in the background. A long two-story building sits at the corner. The festival was founded in 1984 by civil rights leader Hosea Williams. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/counties-cities-neighborhoods/auburn-avenue-sweet-auburn/m-9932/
- Rights Holder:
- Reprinted with permission from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/auburn-avenue-sweet-auburn
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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