Harrison, Edwin D., 1916-2001

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President of Georgia Tech in 1961 when the university peacefully integrated and became the first major university in the south to integrate without a court order.

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Harrison, Edwin D., 1916-2001

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Edwin Harrison

Date of Original:: 1916/2001
Collection:: New Georgia Encyclopedia
Contributing Institution:: New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)

WSB-TV newsfilm clip of Georgia Institute of Technology president Dr. Ed Harrison speaking to reporters about the school's integration and Ford Greene, Ralph Long, Jr., and Lawrence Williams, the school's first African American students, arriving on the campus in Atlanta, Georgia, 1961 September 18

Creator:: WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
Date of Original:: 1961-09-18
Collection:: WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
Contributing Institution:: Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

Harrison, Edwin D., 1916-2001

New Georgia Encyclopedia

WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection