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View of journalists including (left to right) freelance photographer Arthur "Bud" Smith, former Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) staff photographer Elaine Tomlin, an unidentified individual, and WXIA-TV cameraman Clarence Gordon, at Congressional candidate Andrew Young's (not pictured) campaign headquarters on election night in Atlanta, Georgia.Andrew Young is a minister and civil rights activist from Atlanta, Georgia. Mr. Young was executive director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and an ally of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1973-1976, and was Ambassador to the United Nations in the administration of President Jimmy Carter. He later served as mayor of Atlanta from 1982-1989, and was instrumental in securing bid for the 1996 Olympic Games.

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Atlanta History Center

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Digital Library of Georgia

Keywords

  1. African Americans
  2. Atlanta
  3. Camera Operators
  4. Cameras
  5. Campaign Headquarters
  6. Georgia
  7. Gordon, Clarence
  8. Journalists
  9. Political Campaigns
  10. Political Elections
  11. Press
  12. Reporters
  13. Smith, Arthur
  14. Southern Christian Leadership Conference
  15. Television Broadcasting
  16. Television Cameras
  17. Tomlin, Elaine
  18. Women
  19. Wxia Tv (Television Station : Atlanta, Ga.)

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