40th Anniversary of the Desegregation of the University of Georgia
January 9, 2001
Symposium organized by the Center for Humanities and Arts. Open to the public.
Morning program: 9 a.m.- noon, Hodgson Hall, Performing Arts Center
Welcome
 President Michael F. Adams
Documenting UGA's Desegregation
 Maurice Daniels, professor of social work, University of Georgia
Dr. Daniels was executive producer of the documentary "Foot Soldier for Equal Justice: Part I and Part II" which will air on Georgia Public Television Jan. 7 from 5 to 7 p.m.
Historical background
 Robert Pratt, associate professor of history, University of Georgia
Video presentation:
 "Crossing the Great Divide"
Holmes/Hunter Lecture
 Charlayne Hunter-Gault
View the speech online
Roundtable discussion:
 "Lessons from the Past"
Moderator: Patricia Bell-Scott, professor, Family and Consumer Sciences and Women’s Studies, University of Georgia
Panelists and their roles in the 1961 desegregation of the university
Constance Baker Motley, attorney for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
Carl Sanders, president pro tempore of the senate, Georgia General Assembly
George T. Smith, speaker of the house, Georgia General Assembly
Ernest Vandiver, governor of Georgia
Horace Ward, member of the Holmes-Hunter legal team
Afternoon program: 2:30 p.m., The Chapel
Roundtable discussion:
 "Covering History"
Moderator: Cynthia Tucker, editorial page editor, The Atlanta Constitution
Panelists and their journalistic roles in 1961
Kathryn Johnson, Associated Press reporter
Ray Moore, WSB-TV correspondent
Eugene Patterson, editorial page editor, The Atlanta Constitution
Calvin Trillin, reporter for Time magazine
A ceremony to mark the renaming of the Academic Building as the Holmes-Hunter Academic Building will take place immediately following the journalists’ roundtable.

Celebration of campus diversity organized by University of Georgia students.
Open to the public.
Program begins at 7 p.m., Georgia Hall, Tate Student Center.

DOCUMENTING DESEGREGATION

As part of the 40th anniversary commemoration of the desegregation of the University of Georgia, an exhibit of photographs from the archives of the Associated Press/Wide World Photos and Bettmann/Corbis will be displayed on campus.

The dozen photographs included were shot by various news photographers during the uneasy times of the desegregation of the Athens campus in January 1961 by Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter (now Hunter-Gault). The exhibit was assembled by Peter Frey, a photographer in the University Communications office and the Columns photo editor.

The exhibit will be on display Jan. 9 in the lobby of the Performing Arts Center. That evening, the exhibit will be among the displays at a student-organized commemoration event that begins at 7 p.m. in Georgia Hall of the Tate Student Center.

The following morning, the photo exhibit will move to the upper level of the Tate Student Center, where the display will continue through Jan. 17. It will then move to other locations on campus:
Jan. 18–31: Georgia Center for Continuing Education, atrium outside Masters Hall
Feb. 1–14: Ramsey Student Center atrium
Feb. 15–March 1: Holmes-Hunter Academic Building, Honors Program area