From The Atlanta Inquirer Vault of Archives – Integration of Atlanta Public Schools (APS), UGA and GT

Reprinted from the December 2, 1961 issue of The Atlanta Inquirer newspaper: Schools Desegregate! Henry Woodfin Grady High School • Joseph Emerson Brown High School • Joseph Charlie Murphy [Jr.] High School • Northside High School Reprinted from the December 9, 1961 issue of The Atlanta Inquirer newspaper: They Opened The Door Students who brought integration to the City of Atlanta and the State of Georgia were honored Wednesday at the Achievement Week Banquet of Eta Omega Chapter, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity. Honorees are, left-to-right, Lawrence Jefferson, Grady High; Arthur Simmons, Northside High; Thomas Welch, Brown High; Madelyn Nix, Brown High; Willie Jean Black, Northside High; Rosalyn Walton, Murphy High; Mary James McDuffie, Grady High; Mary Frances Early, first Negro [Black American] graduate student, University of Georgia; Ralph Long, Jr., Georgia Tech; Ford Green, Jr., Georgia Tech; Lawrence Williams, Georgia Tech. Miss Willie Jean Black’s bandages are the result of injuries received when the car in which she was riding was struck from the rear by a car driven by another Northside student. Photo by Dodson (The Atlanta Inquirer) — Reprinted from the December 2, 1961 issue of The Atlanta Inquirer newspaper:
Schools Desegregate!
Henry Woodfin Grady High School • Joseph Emerson Brown High School • Joseph Charlie Murphy [Jr.] High School • Northside High School
Reprinted from the December 9, 1961 issue of The Atlanta Inquirer newspaper:
They Opened The Door
Students who brought integration to the City of Atlanta and the State of Georgia were honored Wednesday at the Achievement Week Banquet of Eta Omega Chapter, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity. Honorees are, left-to-right, Lawrence Jefferson, Grady High; Arthur Simmons, Northside High; Thomas Welch, Brown High; Madelyn Nix, Brown High; Willie Jean Black, Northside High; Rosalyn Walton, Murphy High; Mary James McDuffie, Grady High; Mary Frances Early, first Negro [Black American] graduate student, University of Georgia; Ralph Long, Jr., Georgia Tech; Ford Green, Jr., Georgia Tech; Lawrence Williams, Georgia Tech.
Miss Willie Jean Black’s bandages are the result of injuries received when the car in which she was riding was struck from the rear by a car driven by another Northside student.
Photo by Dodson (The Atlanta Inquirer)

Atlanta’s Grady High School, Brown High School, Murphy High School, Northside High School Desegregate! (1961)

Students who brought integration to the City of Atlanta and the State of Georgia were honored Wednesday at the Achievement Week Banquet of Eta Omega Chapter, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity. Honorees are, left-to-right, Lawrence Jefferson, Grady High; Arthur Simmons, Northside High; Thomas Welch, Brown High; Madelyn Nix, Brown High; Willie Jean Black, Northside High; Rosalyn Walton, Murphy High; Mary James McDuffie, Grady High; Mary Frances Early, first Negro [Black American] graduate student, University of Georgia; Ralph Long, Jr., Georgia Tech; Ford Green, Jr., Georgia Tech; Lawrence Williams, Georgia Tech.
Miss Willie Jean Black’s bandages are the result of injuries received when the car in which she was riding was struck from the rear by a car driven by another Northside student.
Photo by Dodson (Atlanta Inquirer)