- 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
Schools--Georgia--Atlanta
Murphy High School (Atlanta, Ga.)
African American high school students--Georgia--Atlanta
Automobiles--Georgia--Atlanta - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Description:
- View of Murphy High School in Atlanta, Georgia on the day it was desegregated. The automobile on the right carries the two African American students who would desegregate the 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/901
- IIIF manifest:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/iiif/2/Wilson:901/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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