Скачать или смотреть Councilwoman Carolyn Long Banks Searches Dixie Hills Area for Atlanta Child Murder Victims 10/18/80

Natural and voice over footage of people gathering and airing concerned about the missing children. 12 groups of Clark College students met to search land and buildings in Dixie Hills area. Interview with unidentified woman who says that they are searching for any link or evidence of the children. Atlanta Missing and Murdered Children Story.
Reporter: Moore, Bob

Carolyn Long Banks
Carolyn Banks is a fourth generation Atlantan and a known political and civil rights leader in Atlanta. She graduated from Henry McNeil Turner High School, Clark College and Georgia State University. She was one of the organizers of the Atlanta Student Movement and was the first African American woman to serve on the Atlanta City Council. She served the city from 1980 to 1997.

Carolyn Long Banks was the first African-American woman appointed and elected to the Atlanta City Council, serving the City of Atlanta from 1980 to 1997. Atlanta City Council Member Michael Bond honored Banks for her contributions with a reception and proclamation Monday at City Hall.


Banks was one of only two black women to serve as president of the National League of Cities. During her tenure she shaped the country’s municipal legislative agenda, testified before Congress, and met frequently with President Clinton and members of Congress. She was also president of the National Black Caucus of Local Elected Official and Women in Municipal Government. Annually, while in elective office, she counseled first-time elected municipal officials at Harvard University.

Banks also became the first African-American buyer for Rich’s Department Store.