- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Georgia Tech Students
- Date of Original:
- 1961
- Subject:
- College students--Georgia--Atlanta
African American college students--Georgia--Atlanta
Georgia Institute of Technology
Men--Georgia--Atlanta
African American men--Georgia--Atlanta
College integration--Georgia--Atlanta
Segregation--Georgia--Atlanta
Segregation in education--Georgia--Atlanta
Civil rights--Georgia--Atlanta
African Americans--Civil rights--Georgia--Atlanta
Universities and colleges--Georgia--Atlanta
Roads--Georgia--Atlanta - People:
- Greene, Ford
Williams, Lawrence
Long, Ralph - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Students Ford Greene, Lawrence Michael Williams, and Ralph Long Jr. (left to right) integrated the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1961. Georgia Tech was the first institution of higher education in the South to integrate peacefully and without a court order.
Photograph of Ford Greene, Lawrence Michael Williams, and Ralph Long Jr. (left to right) standing in a road. These students integrated the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia in 1961. Georgia Tech was the first institution of higher education in the South to integrate peacefully and without a court order. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/desegregation-of-higher-education/m-10875/
- Rights Holder:
- Reprinted by permission of the Georgia Institute of Technology Library and Information Center, Archives and Records Management Department
Georgia Institute of Technology Library and Information Center - 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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