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UGA Male Fraternities Show Support During Integration Crisis
In the year 1961, The University of Georgia began the journey to integrate after being a segregated public institution for one hundred and seventy-six years. The University of Georgia received a large number of letters against their decision to…
UGA Student Support for Suspending Rioters
On January 14, 1961, following a riot orchestrated by students to show the disapproval of some students regarding integration efforts at The University of Georgia, the decision to suspend such students was made. The decision for the suspension was…
Letter to the Dean of Men
On January 9th 1961, the University of Georgia began the process of segregation as Charlene Hunter and Hamilton Holmes entered campus. They were the first two black students to have enrolled at UGA to pursue their education. People from all over the…
Western Union Telegram
When Charlene Hunter moved into Myers Hall, a dormitory at the University of Georgia, the riots reached an all-time high on campus. According to an article in Today in Georgia History, rocks were thrown and broke windows as the students of UGA…
School Crisis 1961
The resource juxtaposes the laws related to segregation from both the Georgia Constitution and the United States Constitution. By contrasting the two, the source reveals the inconsistencies between the two constitutions in the area of school…
Time Magazine, January 20, 1961
Time Magazine continually posted updates throughout the critical time that Hunter and Holmes were being mobbed on UGA’s campus in early 1960. This magazine was dated for the week of January 20, 1961 and covered the crisis in Athens in the education…
Jet Magazine, January 1961
Charlayne Hunter spoke to her personal experiences and opinions in a post within the education section of JET Magazine. This account is from the week after the riots and chaos that broke out after the Georgia-Georgia Tech basketball game, where her…
Campus Gunman Hunted at Athens
Atlanta Journal article about a gunman that entered a dorm looking for Charlayne Hunter
Judge's Order To Get Appeal
The resource, an article from the University of Georgia’s Red and Black newspaper, discusses the legal steps of appeal for readmitting the first African American students into the University of Georgia after their suspension. The two students, Hunter…