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Wed, 01.11.1961

The University of Georgia Reinstates Hunter, and Holmes

Hunter and Holmes reinstated

On this date in 1961, racial rioting erupted on the campus of the University of Georgia to support student segregation at the school.

Black students Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes were suspended for involvement but eventually reinstated by a federal court order. Hunter-Gault later became an Emmy award-winning journalist with the Public Broadcasting Service, and Holmes became a doctor.

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The stairs mount to his eternity the rotted floor, the dripping faucet all now abide within him, the cracked ceiling, the rusted bed in his dark squalid chamber abide... THE STAIRCASE by Samuel Allen.
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