Jomandi Theater Productions

Collection:

Neighborhood Arts Center Photographs Series, Jim Alexander Collection

Creator:

Alexander, Jim

Date:

1978-04-13

DLG URL:

https://dlg.usg.edu/record/aarl_anac_janac14

Subject:

Community arts projects--Georgia--Atlanta, African American actors--Georgia--Atlanta, African American theater--Georgia--Atlanta--History--20th century, Neighborhood Arts Center (Atlanta, Ga.), and Jomandi Productions (Atlanta, Ga.)--Portraits

Spatial coverage:

United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798 and United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, Mechanicsville, 33.739, -84.39854

Medium:

black-and-white photographs

Description:

Members of Jomandi Productions, Inc. pose for a group portrait at the Neighborhood Arts Center where they occasionally performed plays. Jomandi Productions, Inc. was founded in October 1978 with the goal of raising funds for a scholarship in honor ofDr. Thomas W. Jones at Morehouse School of Medicine. Jomandi became Georgia's largest African American theater group.

Holding Institution:

Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/