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[African Americans registering to vote, Atlanta, Ga.] – Antique Print

[African Americans registering to vote, Atlanta, Ga.], [ca. 1944] — historic photograph
[African Americans registering to vote, Atlanta, Ga.], [ca. 1944]. Historic photograph from the Atlanta collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Step back in time with [African Americans registering to vote, Atlanta, Ga.], a historic photograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Few images capture the mechanics of Black voter registration in the Jim Crow South as directly as this one, which shows people in Atlanta registering to vote around 1944. That year the U.S. Supreme Court decided *Smith v. Allwright*, striking down the white primary, a practice that had kept Black Southerners from meaningful participation in Democratic primaries, which often decided elections in the region. Georgia still used poll taxes and other barriers, so registration drives like this one were a frontline effort. The NAACP, whose records hold this print, organized and documented many such campaigns.

Created / published[ca. 1944]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1940-1950.
NotesForms part of: Visual Materials from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Records. Collection finding aid available.
SubjectsAfrican Americans--Political activity--Georgia--Atlanta--1940-1950. Voter registration--Georgia--Atlanta--1940-1950.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,196 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-117363

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