High school seniors embark by bus to voter registration, Atlanta, Ga., 1959
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Title
High school seniors embark by bus to voter registration, Atlanta, Ga., 1959
Description
Photograph of students from Luther Judson Price High School of Atlanta, Ga., prepare to register to vote.
Caption attached to photograph:
"18 year old high school students of Atlanta, Georgia as they embark by bus to register in the 1959 Voter Registration Campaign of the All Citizens Registration Committee headed by Mr. Jesse Hill, Jr., Actuary of the Atlanta Life Insurance Co."
Handwritten on back of photograph:
"R.E. Cureton, Principal of Price High School, Atlanta, Ga., confers with members of the Senior Class as they embark by bus to register in the 1959 Voter-Registration Campaign of the All Citizens Registration Committee headed by Jesse Hill, Jr. Actuary of the Atlanta Life Insurance Co. All six Atlanta High Schools participated in this program and registered 18 year old students (eligible to vote under Georgia law) nearly 100%."
Caption attached to photograph:
"18 year old high school students of Atlanta, Georgia as they embark by bus to register in the 1959 Voter Registration Campaign of the All Citizens Registration Committee headed by Mr. Jesse Hill, Jr., Actuary of the Atlanta Life Insurance Co."
Handwritten on back of photograph:
"R.E. Cureton, Principal of Price High School, Atlanta, Ga., confers with members of the Senior Class as they embark by bus to register in the 1959 Voter-Registration Campaign of the All Citizens Registration Committee headed by Jesse Hill, Jr. Actuary of the Atlanta Life Insurance Co. All six Atlanta High Schools participated in this program and registered 18 year old students (eligible to vote under Georgia law) nearly 100%."
Source
M 296, Box 2, John Mitchell Brooks Collection of NAACP Files 1957-1978, James Branch Cabell Library, VCU Libraries
Date
1959
Contributor
Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, VCU Libraries
Rights
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Notes
Learn more:
Holmes, R. A. (2005). Black suffrage in the twentieth century. New Georgia Encyclopedia
Myers, B. (2006). Jesse Hill (1927-2012). New Georgia Encyclopedia
Voting Rights Act of 1965: An Introduction, Social Welfare History Project
Voting Rights Act of 1965, Social Welfare History Project
Holmes, R. A. (2005). Black suffrage in the twentieth century. New Georgia Encyclopedia
Myers, B. (2006). Jesse Hill (1927-2012). New Georgia Encyclopedia
Voting Rights Act of 1965: An Introduction, Social Welfare History Project
Voting Rights Act of 1965, Social Welfare History Project
Collection
Citation
“High school seniors embark by bus to voter registration, Atlanta, Ga., 1959,” Social Welfare History Image Portal, accessed December 21, 2024, https://images.socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/items/show/465.