Group photo of six African American students who applied for entrance to all-white universities
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@ Georgia State University
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Text on reverse: "Negroes Seek Admission to University, Six negroes applied for enrollment in the University of Oklahoma in a move to break down the state's racial segregation in education. The six, shown at the university are: rear row (left to right); George McLaurin, Oklahoma City; Mozeal A. Dillon, Langston; Helen Holmes, Oklahoma City. Front row: Mauderie Hancock Wilson, Oklahoma City; James Bond, Langston; Ivor Tatum, Oklahoma City. Jan. 29, 1948." Stetson Kennedy (1916-2011), writer and civil rights activist, collected these photographs during the course of his career fighting for equality throughout the Southern United States.
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