- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Holmes/Hunter Academic Building historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Clarke County
Civil rights workers--Georgia--Athens
Historic buildings--Georgia--Athens
Hunter-Gault, Charlayne
Holmes, Hamilton, 1941- - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Clarke County, Athens, 33.96095, -83.37794
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Located in front of Academic Building, just south of the UGA Arch, Athens
Text of marker: "HOLMES/HUNTER ACADEMIC BUILDING. On Jan. 6, 1961, Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter became the first two African American students to enroll at the University of Georgia when they walked past the historic Arch and into this building to register for classes. On this day, January 9, 2001, as part of the 40th Anniversary celebration of the desegregation of the University, we salute the courage and fortitude displayed by these students and their families in paving the way for others to follow.(Note: Holmes and Hunter actually registered on Jan. 9.)" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_holmes-hunter-academic-building
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_holmes-hunter-academic-building
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Copyright held by David Seibert. Please contact markers@davidseibert.com about commercial reproduction and use
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
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