Vine City Civil Rights Demonstration
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- 1966-01-31
- Description
View of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Reverend Ralph David Abernathy (left) standing in the door of a substandard housing unit in the Vine City neighborhood in Atlanta, Georgia where residents were protesting their living conditions.
Religious leaders;
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.
- Creator
Wilson, Bill (William Bryan), 1914-1993
- Partner
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Contributing Institution
- Atlanta History Center
- Subjects
- 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
Civil rights workers--Georgia--Atlanta
African American clergy--Georgia--Atlanta - Type
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- Wilson, Bill (William Bryan), 1914-1993. Vine City Civil Rights Demonstration. 1966-01-31. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/digital/digital/collection/Wilson/id/745. (Accessed January 22, 2025.)
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- Wilson, Bill (William Bryan), 1914-1993, (1966-01-31) Vine City Civil Rights Demonstration. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/digital/digital/collection/Wilson/id/745
- MLA citation style
- Wilson, Bill (William Bryan), 1914-1993. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/digital/digital/collection/Wilson/id/745>.