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- catalog abstract ""In September 1950, Horace Ward, an African American student from La Grange, Georgia, applied to law school at the University of Georgia. Despite his impressive academic record, Ward received a reply - in reality, a bribe - from one of the university's top officials offering him financial assistance if he would attend an out-to-state law school. Ward, outraged at the unfairness of the proposition and determined to end this unequal treatment, sued the state of Georgia with the help of the NAACP, becoming the first black student to challenge segregation at the University of Georgia." "Beginning with Ward's unsuccessful application to the university and equally unsuccessful suit, Robert A. Pratt offers a rigorously researched account of the tumultuous events surrounding the desegregation of Georgia's flagship institution. Relying on archival materials and oral histories, Pratt debunks the myths encircling the landmark 1961 decision to accept black students into the university: namely the notion that the University of Georgia desegregated with very little violent opposition. Pratt shows that when Ward, by then a lawyer, helped litigate for the acceptance of Hamilton Earl Holmes and Charlayne Alberta Hunter, University of Georgia students, rather than outsiders, carefully planned riots to encourage the expulsion of Holmes and Hunter. Pratt also demonstrates how local political leaders throughout the state sympathized with - even aided and abetted - the student protestors."--Jacket.".
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- catalog alternative "Subtitle on jacket: Triumphant story of Horace Ward, Charlayne Hunter, and Hamilton Holmes".
- catalog contributor b12555179.
- catalog created "c2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "c2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2002.".
- catalog description ""Beginning with Ward's unsuccessful application to the university and equally unsuccessful suit, Robert A. Pratt offers a rigorously researched account of the tumultuous events surrounding the desegregation of Georgia's flagship institution. Relying on archival materials and oral histories, Pratt debunks the myths encircling the landmark 1961 decision to accept black students into the university: namely the notion that the University of Georgia desegregated with very little violent opposition. Pratt shows that when Ward, by then a lawyer, helped litigate for the acceptance of Hamilton Earl Holmes and Charlayne Alberta Hunter, University of Georgia students, rather than outsiders, carefully planned riots to encourage the expulsion of Holmes and Hunter.".
- catalog description ""In September 1950, Horace Ward, an African American student from La Grange, Georgia, applied to law school at the University of Georgia. Despite his impressive academic record, Ward received a reply - in reality, a bribe - from one of the university's top officials offering him financial assistance if he would attend an out-to-state law school. Ward, outraged at the unfairness of the proposition and determined to end this unequal treatment, sued the state of Georgia with the help of the NAACP, becoming the first black student to challenge segregation at the University of Georgia."".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-197) and index.".
- catalog description "More than a matter of segregation -- "The color is black" -- "A qualified Negro" -- "Journey to the horizons" -- Tolerated, but not integrated -- "Wouldn't take nothing for my journey now" -- Burying unhappy ghosts.".
- catalog description "Pratt also demonstrates how local political leaders throughout the state sympathized with - even aided and abetted - the student protestors."--Jacket.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 205 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0820323993 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "c2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Athens : University of Georgia Press,".
- catalog spatial "Georgia Athens".
- catalog subject "378.758/18 21".
- catalog subject "African Americans Civil rights.".
- catalog subject "College integration Georgia Athens History.".
- catalog subject "LD1986 .P73 2002".
- catalog subject "University of Georgia Students History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "More than a matter of segregation -- "The color is black" -- "A qualified Negro" -- "Journey to the horizons" -- Tolerated, but not integrated -- "Wouldn't take nothing for my journey now" -- Burying unhappy ghosts.".
- catalog title "Subtitle on jacket: Triumphant story of Horace Ward, Charlayne Hunter, and Hamilton Holmes".
- catalog title "We shall not be moved : the desegregation of the University of Georgia / Robert A. Pratt.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "University of Georgia. swd".
- catalog type "text".