United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798Atlanta Journal-Constitution1960-08-30Negative 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.image/jp2http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographic ArchiveCivil rights movementSchool integrationEducational changeSegregation in educationPolice vehiclesNorth Atlanta High School (Atlanta, Ga.)Northside High School (Atlanta, Ga.)African American students passing by police motorcycles parked at Northside High School (later North Atlanta High School) on the first day of its racial integration, Atlanta, Georgia, August 30, 1961.StillImage