[Photographs of Charlayne Hunter-Gault].

[Athens, Georgia], [1961]

15 photographs ; 36 x 28 cm

Purchased from William Reese Co. (Swann Galleries sale 2239, 2011 March 10, lot 224) on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2011.

This material is open for research.

Charlayne Hunter-Gault (born 1942) is an American activist and journalist. In 1961, Hunter-Gault and Hamilton Holmes became the first African American students to enroll at the University of Georgia. Hunter-Gault worked as a journalist for The New York Times and served as a foreign correspondent for CNN, NPR, and PBS NewsHour.

15 black and white photographs by an unidentified photographer that document Charlayne Hunter-Gault integrating the University of Georgia in 1961. Also includes photographs of Hunter-Gault attending Mass at a Catholic Church.

English; French

November 30, 2020

Photographs of Charlayne Hunter-Gault. James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection in the Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

Photographs of Charlayne Hunter-Gault. James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection in the Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.