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| Title | Vine City Civil Rights Demonstration |
| Photographer | Wilson, Bill (William Bryan), 1914-1993
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| Description | View of a 14-year-old resident of the Vine City neighborhood in Atlanta, Georgia protesting his living conditions. |
| Geographic Location | Atlanta (Ga.)
Vine City (Atlanta, Ga.)
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| Subject | Demonstrations--Georgia--Atlanta
Civil rights--Georgia--Atlanta
Civil rights demonstrations--Georgia--Atlanta
African Americans--1960-1970
Slums--Georgia--Atlanta
City & town life--Georgia--Atlanta
Children--1960-1970
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| Date Original | 1966 January 31 |
| Date Digital | 2006 |
| Type | 35 mm black and white negative
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| Digital Format | JPEG |
| Catalogue Number | VIS 99.235.09 |
| Collection | Bill Wilson Photographs |
| Publisher | Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center, 130 West Paces Ferry Road, Atlanta, GA 30305 |
| Rights | 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. |
| Notes | 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. |
| Source | ahc099235009a.jpg |
