Gilles SWINKELS: Integration, University of Georgia, 1961 / CIVIL RIGHTS / Stamp

Gilles Swinkels Negro Students at the University of Georgia: Charlanye Hunter, accompanied by a student enters a building to attend classes on her first day at the University of Georgia. She was greeted with hostile stares, but no violence. 1961 Vintage gelatin silver print on double-weight paper Photographer’s credit stamp with PIX and typewritten title labels on verso Print size: 8 x 10 ¾ inches Mat size: 14 x 17 inches Provenance: The PIX Agency Archive, NY Condition: Overall Very Good; one handling mark in lower center; lower corners slightly creased (barely affecting the image; all visible only under raking light and under close inspection GS-CR-01 Retail: $1200-$1500 Alberta Charlayne Hunter was born in Due West, South Carolina, daughter of Col. Charles Shepherd Henry Hunter, Jr., U.S. Army, a regimental chaplain, and his wife, the former Althea Ruth Brown. In 1961, Hunter became part of the civil rights movement when she and Hamilton Holmes became the first two African-American students to enroll in the University of Georgia. She graduated in 1963.

Gilles SWINKELS: Integration, University of Georgia, 1961 / CIVIL RIGHTS / Stamp

Gilles Swinkels Negro Students at the University of Georgia: Charlanye Hunter, accompanied by a student enters a building to attend classes on her first day at the University of Georgia. She was greeted with hostile stares, but no violence. 1961 Vintage gelatin silver print on double-weight paper Photographer’s credit stamp with PIX and typewritten title labels on verso Print size: 8 x 10 ¾ inches Mat size: 14 x 17 inches Provenance: The PIX Agency Archive, NY Condition: Overall Very Good; one handling mark in lower center; lower corners slightly creased (barely affecting the image; all visible only under raking light and under close inspection GS-CR-01 Retail: $1200-$1500 Alberta Charlayne Hunter was born in Due West, South Carolina, daughter of Col. Charles Shepherd Henry Hunter, Jr., U.S. Army, a regimental chaplain, and his wife, the former Althea Ruth Brown. In 1961, Hunter became part of the civil rights movement when she and Hamilton Holmes became the first two African-American students to enroll in the University of Georgia. She graduated in 1963.