Roosevelt
Oct 25, 2021

Bo Richmond Photograph Collection

Roosevelt "Bo" Richmond was an amateur photographer from Alabama. He photographed events, buildings, people, and documented the Civil Rights movement in Atlanta in the late 1960s and early 1970s. This collection contains photographs of people, events and places in Atlanta, Georgia. Included are photographs of Henry "Hank" Aaron, Hosea Williams at the sanitation workers strike, Jesse Jackson at the March Against Repression, Martin Luther King, Jr. at the barber shop and photos of the funeral procession for Martin Luther King, Jr.

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A group of people hold signs in the March Against Repression. Written on accompanying document: March Against Repression 5-23-70 began at Ebernezer - ended Morehouse College - marchers assymbling.
Protesters march across a bridge in downtown Atlanta during the March Against Repression. Written on accompanying document: Scenes of the March in Progress.
Protesters walk through Atlanta carrying signs as part of the March Against Repression. Written on accompanying document: Scenes of the March in Progress.
Bo Richmond Photograph Collection
A group of men carry two coffins in the March Against Repression. Written on accompanying document: Scenes of the March in Progress.
A group of people assemble and hold a sign for the March Against Repression. Written on accompanying document: March Against Repression 5-23-70 began at Ebernezer - ended Morehouse College - marchers assymbling.
An unidentified man, Mayor Sam Massell, Senator George McGovern, Juanita Abernathy, Ralph Abernathy, Coretta Scott King, Leonard Woodcock, Joseph Lowery, Evelyn Lowery, and other unidentified people make up the front line of the March Against Repression. Written on accompanying document: Front line of March, Mayor Sam Massell-Sen. McGovern, Mrs. Abernathy and Husband.
Bo Richmond Photograph Collection
View of the front line of the March Against Repression featuring George McGovern, Juanita Abernathy, and Ralph Abernathy. Written on accompanying document: Front line of March, Mayor Sam Massell-Sen. McGovern, Mrs. Abernathy and Husband.
Jesse Jackson is interviewed at the March Against Repression. Written on accompanying document: Being interviewed.
Bo Richmond Photograph Collection
An unidentified man, Mayor Sam Massell, Senator George McGovern, Juanita Abernathy, Ralph Abernathy, Coretta Scott King, Leonard Woodcock, Joseph Lowery, Evelyn Lowery, and other unidentified people make up the front line of the March Against Repression. Written on accompanying document: Front line of March, Mayor Sam Massell-Sen. McGovern, Mrs. Abernathy and Husband.
Atlanta Hawks player Walt Hazzard watches the March Against Repression. Written on accompanying document: Atlanta Hawks star Walt Hazzard.
Bo Richmond Photograph Collection