- Collection:
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs
- Title:
- 1954 Ford driving three African American students from Northside High School (later North Atlanta High School) the first day of racial integration, Atlanta, Georgia, August 30, 1961.
- Creator:
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- Date of Original:
- 1960-08-30
- Subject:
- Civil rights movement
School integration
Educational change
Segregation in education
Automobiles
North Atlanta High School (Atlanta, Ga.)
Northside High School (Atlanta, Ga.) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- black-and-white negatives
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- Negative envelope: "Integration: Northside High School. 1961. 27529." Inscribed on negative envelope: "August 30, 1960; Willie Jean Black, Donita Gaines, Arthur Simmons; integrated Northside; police escorts; 'uneventful.'" On August 30, 1961, nine African American students became the first to attend four previously all white public high schools in Atlanta: Thomas Franklin Welch, Madelyn Patricia Nix, Willie Jean Black, Donita Gaines, Arthur Simmons, Lawrence Jefferson, Mary James McMullen, Martha Ann Holmes and Rosalyn Walton.
- Metadata URL:
- http://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ajc/id/6148
- IIIF manifest:
- https://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/iiif/2/ajc:6148/manifest.json
- Additional Rights Information:
- This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. In addition, no permission is required from the rights-holder(s) for educational uses. For other uses, you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: AJCNS1961-08-30kk, Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographic Archives. Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library.
- Original Collection:
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographic Archive
- Holding Institution:
- Georgia State University. Special Collections
- Rights:
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