University of Georgia Celebrates Desegregation Anniversary

University of Georgia Celebrates Desegregation Anniversary: ...The civil rights milestone may not be as prominent in the public’s consciousness as, say, the Little Rock Nine—the name bestowed upon the students who integrated Little Rock Central High School under military guard following Brown v. Board of Education, the historic Supreme Court decision of 1954 that desegregated public schools—but in many ways it is similarly significant.

“Today, 50 years after my first steps on this campus, I don’t even have to put it in my own words,” Charlayne Hunter-Gault, who delivered a talk this week at the 50th Anniversary of Desegregation at UGA, said in an interview with Diverse.

“So many young people came up to me at the reception who weren’t even born at the time and thanked me for opening the doors,” said Hunter-Gault, a longtime journalist who has worked for prominent news organizations such as The New York Times and CNN.