- Collection:
- Kenneth Rogers Photograph Collection
- Title:
- Student Protest
- Creator:
- Rogers, Kenneth, 1907-1989
- Date of Original:
- 1941-10-14
- Subject:
- Students--Georgia
Demonstrations--Georgia--Atlanta
Protest movements--Georgia
Student movements--Georgia
Capitols--Georgia
Capitols--Georgia--Atlanta
Political participation--Georgia
Politics and government--Georgia
Universities and colleges--Georgia
Watson, Thomas E. (Thomas Edward), 1856-1922--Statues
Georgia State Capitol (Atlanta, Ga.) - People:
- Talmadge, Eugene, 1884-1946
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of students placing a bust of Eugene Talmadge atop the Thomas Watson statue in front of the Georgia State Capitol while other unidentified students protest Talmadge's actions in firing professors and officials of schools affiliated with the University System of Georgia.
Governor Eugene Talmadge initiated a campaign to replace or remove public university officials who he suspected of supporting the desegregation of Georgia's public colleges and universities. This culminated in a political battle over the firing of Dr. William Cocking resulting in many Georgia colleges losing their accreditation and support from the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools for "gross political interference." - Local Identifier:
- VIS 82.149.09
ahc082149009a.jpg - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/Rogers/id/1824
- Extent:
- 4 x 5 in. black and white negative
- Original Collection:
- Kenneth Rogers Photographs, Atlanta History Center
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
