- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Griffin Bell
- Contributor to Resource:
- Photograph from the National Archives and Records Administration
- Date of Original:
- 1977-01-26
- Subject:
- Attorneys general--United States
Judges--Georgia
Lawyers--Georgia--Atlanta
King & Spalding
Bell, Griffin B., 1918-2009, Carter, Jimmy, 1924- - Location:
- United States, District of Columbia, Washington, 38.89511, -77.03637
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Griffin Bell, left, with hand raised, is sworn in as U.S. attorney general under President Jimmy Carter (far left) in January 1977. In 1962 Bell headed a judicial panel that ruled Georgia's county unit system of voting to be in violation of the "one man, one vote" principle. His decision forced the change of a system that had been in place since 1917 and had given disproportionate voting power to rural counties.
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/griffin-bell-1918-2009/swearing-in-of-griffin-bell_001-2/
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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