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University of Georgia integration in 1961...
University of Georgia integration in 1961...
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January 11, 1961
THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 11, 1961
* Charlayne Hunter-Gault & Hamilton Holmes
* University of Georgia 1st African-American students
The front page has a one column heading: "2 NEGRO STUDENTS ENTER GEORGIA U." with subhead. (see images)
Complete with 96 pages, light toning and minor wear at the margins and central fold, generally in good condition.
AI notes: On January 10, 1961, the University of Georgia in Athens stood under intense national scrutiny as it carried out a federal court order to desegregate, following years of legal resistance by the state of Georgia. The day came immediately after Hamilton E. Holmes and Charlayne Hunter had enrolled as UGA’s first African American students on January 9, ending the university’s all-white policy. On January 10, federal Judge William A. Bootle issued an injunction blocking Governor Ernest Vandiver from closing the university or cutting off state funds in an attempt to prevent integration, effectively forcing UGA to remain open and comply with the ruling. While classes technically continued, the campus atmosphere was tense and hostile: large crowds of white students and outsiders gathered, demonstrations intensified, and law enforcement prepared for unrest as segregationist sentiment boiled over. Although the worst violence erupted the following night, January 10 marked the critical turning point when federal authority decisively overrode state resistance, setting the stage for the riot of January 11 and cementing UGA’s desegregation as a landmark moment in the Deep South’s civil rights struggle.
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