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| Creator: | Wilson, Bill (William Bryan), 1914-1993 |
| Title: | Vine City Civil Rights Demonstration |
| Date: | 1966 Jan. 31 |
| Description: | View of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (facing away from the camera) and Coretta Scott King, with the residents of the Vine City neighborhood in Atlanta, Georgia who were protesting their living conditions. In January of 1966, the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., his wife Coretta Scott King, and the Reverend Ralph David Abernathy and his wife Juanita led a protest march in the Vine City neighborhood in Atlanta, Georgia to call attention to substandard housing in that area. |
| Types: | Black-and-white photographs |
| Subjects: | King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 | Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990 | Abernathy, Juanita Odessa Jones | King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006 | African American neighborhoods--Georgia--Atlanta | Civil rights movements--Georgia--Atlanta | Civil rights demonstrations--Georgia--Atlanta | Slums--Georgia--Atlanta | Discrimination in housing--Georgia--Atlanta | African American women--Georgia--Atlanta | African American civil rights workers--Georgia--Atlanta | Direct action--Georgia--Atlanta | Picketing--Georgia--Atlanta | African American clergy--Georgia--Atlanta | Atlanta (Ga.) | Vine City (Atlanta, Ga.) |
| Collection: | Bill Wilson Photographs, 1938-1979, undated |
| Institution: | Atlanta History Center |
| Online Publisher: | Atlanta, Ga. : Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center | 2006 |
| Original Material: | 35 mm black and white negative Bill Wilson Photographs, Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center, Atlanta, Ga. |
| Rights and Usage: | This material is protected by copyright law. (Title 17, U.S. Code) Permission for use must be cleared through the Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Licensing agreement may be required. |
| Persistent Link to Item: | http://collections.atlantahistorycenter.com/u?/Wilson,748 |
