Emory University Desegregation Collection
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- Persistent URL:
- https://digital.library.emory.edu/purl/7375tb2rwm-cor
- Institution:
- Emory University
- Administrative Unit:
- Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library
- Call Number:
- EUA 99
- Contact Information:
- rose.library@emory.edu
About This Collection
- Description / Abstract:
- Emory 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.
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- Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Emory University
Subjects / Keywords
- Subject - Topics:
- African Americans--Segregation--Georgia., African American college teachers--Georgia., Race relations, Protest movements--Georgia., Segregation--Law and legislation--Georgia., Faculty integration--Georgia., Segregation in higher education., African American college students--Georgia., Racism in higher education--Georgia., and College integration--Georgia.
- Subject - Geographic Locations:
- Atlanta (Ga.)--Race relations.
About This Collection
- Description / Abstract:
- Emory 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.
- Learn More:
- Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Emory University
Subjects / Keywords
- Subject - Topics:
- African Americans--Segregation--Georgia., African American college teachers--Georgia., Race relations, Protest movements--Georgia., Segregation--Law and legislation--Georgia., Faculty integration--Georgia., Segregation in higher education., African American college students--Georgia., Racism in higher education--Georgia., and College integration--Georgia.
- Subject - Geographic Locations:
- Atlanta (Ga.)--Race relations.
Find This Collection
- Persistent URL:
- https://digital.library.emory.edu/purl/7375tb2rwm-cor
- Institution:
- Emory University
- Administrative Unit:
- Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library
- Call Number:
- EUA 99
- Contact Information:
- rose.library@emory.edu