Arthur Langford Jr.

Arthur E. Langford Jr. was a Baptist minister, city councilor, and state senator representing Atlanta, Georgia. He was a Democrat.
When he was a student at Morris Brown College, Langford worked against drugs and violence in poor neighborhoods, founding the United Youth Adult Conference. Langford was an ordained Baptist minister who served at West Hunter Street Baptist Church as associate minister and Rush Memorial Congregational Church as pastor.

Memorials

In 1995, the Lakewood Freeway was renamed the Arthur Langford Jr. Memorial Parkway in honor of Langford. There is an Arthur Langford Park and a street, Arthur Langford Jr. Place in his old neighborhood, Joyland, in southeastern Atlanta. The United Youth Adult Conference II maintains the Arthur Langford Jr. Teen Leadership Institute.

is his daughter.