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| Creator: | Wilson, Bill (William Bryan), 1914-1993 |
| Title: | Murphy High School Integration |
| Date: | 1961 Aug. 30 |
| Description: | View of police and unidentified males, perhaps students, near Murphy High School in Atlanta, Georgia on the day it was 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 August 30, 1961. |
| Types: | Black-and-white photographs |
| Subjects: | Segregation--Georgia--Atlanta | Civil rights movements--Georgia--Atlanta | School integration--Georgia--Atlanta | Atlanta (Ga.)--Race relations | Schools--Georgia--Atlanta | Law enforcement officers--Georgia--Atlanta | Police--Georgia--Atlanta | Murphy High School (Atlanta, Ga.) | Atlanta (Ga.) | Fulton County (Ga.) |
| Collection: | Bill Wilson Photographs, 1938-1979, undated |
| Institution: | Atlanta History Center |
| Online Publisher: | Atlanta, Ga. : Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center | 2006 |
| Original Material: | 2 1/4 in. or smaller black and white negative Bill Wilson Photographs, Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center, Atlanta, Ga. |
| Rights and Usage: | 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. |
| Persistent Link to Item: | http://collections.atlantahistorycenter.com/u?/Wilson,891 |
