United States, Georgia, Atlanta Metropolitan Area, 33.8498, 84.4383Emory University1877/1995Emory University was officially desegregated in September of 1962 and admitted its first African American undergraduate in the fall of 1963. The collection consists of records documenting the process of desegregation and other events relating to racial issues at Emory. Included are documents summarizing the process of integration; copies of various statements issued by Emory faculty and students; a copy of the Petition for Declaratory Judgment and Injunction to the Superior Court of DeKalb County; accounts of activities surrounding campus racial protests that occurred in 1969 (print and audio); and information concerning more recent events that took place in the 1990s.image/jpegenghttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-OW-EU/1.0/http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/African American college teachers--GeorgiaAfrican American college students--GeorgiaAfrican Americans--Segregation--GeorgiaSegregation--Law and legislation--GeorgiaRace relationsFaculty integration--GeorgiaCollege integration--GeorgiaSegregation in higher educationProtest movements--GeorgiaRacism in higher education--GeorgiaEmory University Desegregation CollectionText