- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Desegregation of higher education
- Creator:
- Hatfield, Edward A.
- Date of Original:
- 2008-05-28
- Subject:
- Segregation in higher education--Georgia
Race relations
Georgia--Race relations
Race discrimination--Georgia
African American college students--Georgia
College students--Georgia
Universities and colleges--Georgia
University of Georgia
Emory University
Georgia Institute of Technology
Mercer University
Georgia State University - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Clarke County, Athens, 33.96095, -83.37794
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798 - Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about the desegregation of universities and colleges in Georgia, beginning with the University of Georgia in 1961. Under court order, Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter began attending the University of Georgia on January 9, 1961. One of their lawyers, Horace T. Ward, had unsuccessfully tried to apply to the University of Georgia Law School in the 1950s. Georgia Institute of Technology voluntarily integrated in August 1961. Two of the state's private schools, Emory University in Atlanta and Mercer University in Macon, integrated in 1962 and 1963 respectively. Other Georgia institutions, including Berry College in Rome and Fort Valley State College, are also discussed.
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GSE identifier: SS8H11 - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/desegregation-of-higher-education/
- Language:
- eng
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- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
- Contributing Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
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