A Democratic Republican Explains Candidacy: Civil Rights leader and Democratic co-chairman of the Georgia Voters League Hosea Williams explains why he is running for Georgia Secretary of State as a Republican. Williams told an Atlanta news conference today he can win as a Republican, because the Nixon Administration will campaign hard to sweep Georgia.

On recto: typewritten title and date. On verso: manuscript title, date and newspaper stamp.

Wire photographs were originally transmitted over phonelines, then later, by satellite. They were first used in the early 1920s. Associated Press became a leader with this. After pigment touch-ups, etc., the print is put into a drum (like a drum scanner). The image gets converted into audio tones that are transmitted. The tones are received and beamed onto photo-sensitive paper. Wire photographs are copies without originals---they are hybrid, transmitted objects. (Britt Salvesen, Curator and Department Head, Photography Department, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, March 30-31, 2022)

This object has the following keywords:

• Atlanta
• Civil Rights Movements
• Elections
• Georgia
• Georgia Voters League
• Hosea Williams
• Injustice
• Male Portraits
• Nixon Administration
• Press Conferences
• Public Officials
• Racial Discrimination
• Republican Party

• Image Dimensions: 6 11/16 x 9 1/4 in. (16.99 x 23.5 cm) Measured by Cornejo-Reynoso, Aitzin
• Sheet Dimensions: 7 1/8 x 9 3/4 in. (18.1 x 24.77 cm) Measured by Cornejo-Reynoso, Aitzin