- Collection:
- Atlanta Chamber of Commerce Visual Arts Materials
- Title:
- Atlanta Public School Desegregation
- Date of Original:
- 1961-08-30
- Subject:
- Politics &government--Georgia--Atlanta
Journalism--Georgia--Atlanta
Atlanta City Hall (Atlanta, Ga.) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of Atlanta mayor William B. Hartsfield (middle) in Atlanta City Hall surrounded by reports and others during the day in which Atlanta's public schools were desegregated.
Murphy High School was among the first all-white schools in Atlanta, Georgia to desegregate. The other schools were Brown High, Henry Grady High, and Northside High, all of whom admitted African American students on-08-30, 1961. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 167.117.26
ahc167117026a.jpg - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/Atlcc/id/142
- Additional Rights Information:
- This material is protected by copyright law. (Title 17, U. S. Code) Permission for use must be cleared through The Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Licensing agreement may be required.
- Extent:
- 35 mm color transparency
- Original Collection:
- Atlanta Chamber of Commerce Photographs, Atlanta History Center
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
