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| Creator: | Wilson, Bill (William Bryan), 1914-1993 |
| Title: | Murphy High School Integration |
| Date: | 1961 Aug. 30 |
| Description: | View of an unidentified African American student at Murphy High School in Atlanta, Georgia, and two school officials on the day the school 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 | School children--Georgia--Atlanta | Schools--Georgia--Atlanta | Students--Georgia--Atlanta | Murphy High School (Atlanta, Ga.) | African American college students--Georgia--Atlanta | Educators--Georgia--Atlanta | 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,910 |
