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.

At the AUC Robert W. Woodruff Library we are always striving to improve our digital collections. We welcome additional information about people, places, or events depicted in any of the works in this collection. To submit information, please contact us at DSD@auctr.edu.

WSB Newscaster Abe Gallman rides in a parade car during WSB's Fourth of July Parade. Written on accompanying document: Abe Gallman News.
Bo Richmond Photograph Collection
Atlanta city Alderman, Everett Millican, points from a parade car in WSB's Fourth of July Parade. Written on accompanying document: Ald. Everett Millican Running for Mayor.
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.
View of the exterior of the Atlanta City Hall building.
Bo Richmond Photograph Collection
View of the exterior of the Atlanta City Hall with cars parked out front.
Bo Richmond Photograph Collection
Marchers carrying protest signs walk through Atlanta during the Sanitation Worker's Strike. Written on accompanying document: The 36 day strike of city sanitation workers demonstration, downtown Atl.
Bo Richmond Photograph Collection
Actress Barbara Anderson rides in a parade car. Written on accompanying document: Barbara Anderson (Ironside Cast).
Exterior of the Big Bethel AME Church on Auburn Avenue. Written on accompanying document: Big Bethel Auburn Avenue.
Bo Richmond Photograph Collection
Billye Williams (now Billye Aaron), WSB's first African American woman to co-host a daily talk show, smiles from a parade car. Written on accompanying document: Billie Williams -Co-host on WSB Today Show.
Phil Niekro, Mike Lum, and others ride on a car in a Braves pennant Rally parade.
Bo Richmond Photograph Collection