- 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
Atlanta (Ga.)--Race relations
School children--Georgia--Atlanta
Schools--Georgia--Atlanta
Students--Georgia--Atlanta
Flags--United States
Murphy High School (Atlanta, Ga.)
African American high school students--Georgia--Atlanta - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Description:
- View of unidentified African American Murphy High School students in Atlanta, Georgia outside the school on the day it was desegregated.
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/892
- IIIF manifest:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/iiif/2/Wilson:892/manifest.json
- Extent:
- 2 1/4 in. or smaller black and white negative
- Original Collection:
- Bill Wilson Photographs, Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center, Atlanta, Ga.
- Contributing Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
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