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Welfare Rights Organization Rally

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View of Sister Marie (left), an Episcopal nun at Emmaus House, and an unidentified girl at an Atlanta Welfare Rights Organization rally in Central City Park (now Woodruff Park) in downtown Atlanta, Georgia.Emmaus House, located in the Peoplestown neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia, was founded in 1967 by Father Austin Ford as an Episcopal Church mission dedicated to advancing civil rights and reducing poverty.

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Atlanta History Center

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Digital Library of Georgia

Keywords

  1. African Americans
  2. Atlanta
  3. Atlanta Welfare Rights Organization
  4. Children
  5. Clothing And Dress
  6. Demonstrations
  7. Emmaus House (Atlanta, Ga.)
  8. Episcopal Church
  9. Georgia
  10. Girls
  11. Nuns
  12. Parish Missions
  13. Parks
  14. Welfare Rights Movement
  15. Women

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