Description
View of Ethel Matthews (foreground), the founder of the Atlanta Welfare Rights Organization, leading a welfare rights march in downtown Atlanta, Georgia.Ethel Mae Matthews was the founder and first president of the Atlanta Welfare Rights Organization and was a persistent advocate for the poor, the elderly, and children.Record Contributed By
Atlanta History CenterRecord Harvested From
Digital Library of GeorgiaKeywords
- Activists
- African Americans
- Atlanta
- Atlanta Welfare Rights Organization
- Automobiles
- Central Presbyterian Church (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Children
- Churches
- Demonstrations
- Georgia
- Matthews, Ethel M., 1933 2005
- National Welfare Rights Organization (U.S.)
- Posters
- Signs (Notices)
- Welfare Rights Movement
- Women
