Ground crew : the fight to end segregation at Georgia State /
In the case Hunt v. Arnold, Barbara Hunt, Myra Dinsmore and Iris Welch won a groundbreaking federal injunction against the all-white Georgia State College in downtown Atlanta. In contrast to the widespread coverage of the University of Georgia case, the plaintiffs in this case, along with local acti...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Athens :
University of Georgia Press,
[2019]
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| Summary: | In the case Hunt v. Arnold, Barbara Hunt, Myra Dinsmore and Iris Welch won a groundbreaking federal injunction against the all-white Georgia State College in downtown Atlanta. In contrast to the widespread coverage of the University of Georgia case, the plaintiffs in this case, along with local activists involved in the case and the court victory itself, have been overlooked in civil rights history. Daniels sheds light on this forgotten piece of the fight to end segregation in the state of Georgia. |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 177 pages, 6 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780820355955 082035595X 9780820355979 0820355976 |