Emory University Desegregation Collection
Records documenting the process of desegregation and other events relating to racial issues at Emory including documents summarizing the process of integration; copies of various statements issued by Emory faculty and students; a copy of the Petition for Declaratory Judgment and Injunction to the Superior Court of DeKalb County; accounts of activities surrounding campus racial protests that occurred in 1969 (print and audio); and information concerning more recent events that took place in the 1990s.
More About This Collection
Creator
Emory University
Date of Original
1877/1995
Subject
African American college teachers--Georgia
African American college students--Georgia
African Americans--Segregation--Georgia
Segregation--Law and legislation--Georgia
Race relations
Faculty integration--Georgia
College integration--Georgia
Segregation in higher education
Protest movements--Georgia
Racism in higher education--Georgia
Location
United States, Georgia, Atlanta Metropolitan Area, 33.8498, 84.4383
Type
Text
Description
Emory University was officially desegregated in September of 1962 and admitted its first African American undergraduate in the fall of 1963. The collection consists of records documenting the process of desegregation and other events relating to racial issues at Emory. Included are documents summarizing the process of integration; copies of various statements issued by Emory faculty and students; a copy of the Petition for Declaratory Judgment and Injunction to the Superior Court of DeKalb County; accounts of activities surrounding campus racial protests that occurred in 1969 (print and audio); and information concerning more recent events that took place in the 1990s.
Language
eng
Contributing Institution
Emory University
Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library
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