- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Hamilton Holmes
- Date of Original:
- 1961
- Subject:
- Lawyers--Georgia
African American lawyers--Georgia
Men--Georgia
African American men--Georgia
College students--Georgia
African American college students--Georgia
Businessmen--Georgia
Businesspeople--Georgia
African American businesspeople--Georgia
African Americans--Civil rights--Georgia
Civil rights workers--Georgia
African American civil rights workers--Georgia
Hats--Georgia
University of Georgia
Cigars--Georgia
College integration--Georgia--Athens - People:
- Hollowell, Donald L., 1917-2004
Holmes, Hamilton, 1941-
Holmes, Alfred - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- In 1961 Hamilton Holmes (center) became one of the first African American students to gain admission to the University of Georgia after a two-year legal battle, led in part by Donald Hollowell (left). Holmes's father, Alfred "Tup" Holmes (right), was an Atlanta businessman.
This photograph shows Hamilton Holmes (center), Donald Hollowell (left), and Alfred "Tup" Holmes (right), Holmes' father. The three of them stand in a doorway. Hollowell holds a hat and a cigar in his right hand.
In 1961 Hamilton Holmes became one of the first African American students to gain admission to the University of Georgia after a two-year legal battle, led in part by Hollowell. Hamilton Holmes's father, Tup, was an Atlanta businessman. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/hamilton-holmes-1941-1995/m-8736/
- Rights Holder:
- Reprinted with permission from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/hamilton-holmes-1941-1995
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Contributing Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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