- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Sam Oni
- Date of Original:
- 1963
- Subject:
- Ghanaians--Georgia
Civil rights workers--Georgia--Macon
Mercer University
College students--Georgia--Macon
Baptists--Georgia--Macon
Men--Georgia--Macon
Segregation--Georgia--Macon
Baptist converts--Georgia--Macon
Converts--Georgia--Macon
Baptist universities and colleges--Georgia--Macon
Civil rights--Georgia--Macon - People:
- Oni, Sam, 1941-
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Bibb County, Macon, 32.84069, -83.6324
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- In 1963 Mercer University in Macon became integrated when it granted admission to Sam Oni, an applicant from the West African country of Ghana.
Photograph of Sam Oni, who was one of the first students of African descent to attend Mercer University in Macon, Georgia. He wears a jacket and tie; he faces forward and smiles. Oni, a convert of Baptist missionaries in Ghana, began attending Mercer University in Macon, Georgia, in the fall of 1963. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/desegregation-of-higher-education/m-10840/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of Mercer University
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/desegregation-higher-education
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Contributing Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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