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Prison riots -- Georgia -- Atlanta

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Atlanta Prison Riots photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS494
Scope and Contents

This collection contains images documenting the Atlanta Prison Riots. Photographs include Federal Bureau of Investigation agents surveilling the penitentiary, as well as aerial views of prisoners. Also included are images of damage to the facility following the riots.

Dates: 1987 November 13-23

Southline Press, Inc. photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS158
Scope and Contents of the Records This collection contains images of people, places, and events, most of whom were represented in news stories and other features in Southline. Images of people include political and civic leaders, religious leaders, professionals, entertainers, journalists and authors, athletes, and the general public. Among the photographs are images of Marvin Arrington, Roy Barnes, Julian Bond, Mike Bowers, Bill Campbell, Shirley Franklin, Pierre Howard, Maynard Jackson, Joseph Lowry, Billy McKinney,...
Dates: circa 1985-1989, undated