Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of a group of African American and white women standing in front of the Georgia State Capitol during a demonstration, Atlanta, Georgia, 1960s
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Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission
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Demonstration. Some hold placards denouncing the Governors Wallace and Gov. Lester Maddox. The location is not indicated but the capitol building in the background and associated documentation suggests Atlanta Georgia.Classified by the Sovereignty Commission as Administrative--InformantsThe Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata.
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Digital Library of GeorgiaKeywords
- African American Civil Rights Workers
- African American Political Activists
- African American Social Reformers
- African American Women
- African Americans
- Atlanta
- Capitols
- Civil Rights
- Civil Rights Demonstrations
- Demonstrations
- Flags
- Georgia
- Georgia State Capitol (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Public Buildings
- United States
- Women
- Women Civil Rights Workers
- Women Political Activists
- Women Social Reformers
- Women, White