- Collection:
- Bill Wilson Photographs, 1938-1979, undated
- Title:
- Murphy High School Integration
- Creator:
- Wilson, Bill (William Bryan), 1914-1993
- Date of Original:
- 1961-08-30
- Subject:
- Segregation--Georgia--Atlanta
Civil rights movements--Georgia--Atlanta
School integration--Georgia--Atlanta
School integration--Georgia--Atlanta--Press coverage
Atlanta (Ga.)--Race relations
Schools--Georgia--Atlanta
Police--Georgia--Atlanta
Law enforcement officers--Georgia--Atlanta
Journalists--Georgia--Atlanta
Reporters and reporting--Georgia--Atlanta
Murphy High School (Atlanta, Ga.) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of police and members of the news media gathered across the street from Murphy High School in Atlanta, Georgia on the day it was first attended by African American students after becoming a desegregated school.
Murphy High School was among the first all-white schools in Atlanta, Georgia to desegregate. The other schools were Brown High, Henry Grady High, and Northside High, all of whom admitted African American students on August 30, 1961. - Metadata URL:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/digital/digital/collection/Wilson/id/865
- IIIF manifest:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/iiif/2/Wilson:865/manifest.json
- Additional Rights Information:
- This material is protected by copyright law. (Title 17, U.S. Code) Permission for use must be cleared through the Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Licensing agreement may be required.
- Extent:
- 35 mm black-and-white negative
- Original Collection:
- Bill Wilson Photographs, Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center, Atlanta, Ga.
- Contributing Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
Murphy High School Integration
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