History was made on Jan. 6, 1961, when U.S. District Judge William Bootle ordered the University of Georgia to admit Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter, the first two Black students in UGAâs then 176-year history.
In 2019, while the U.S. Census Bureau reported that Black people made up more than a third of the stateâs population, just over 8% of the universityâs student body was Black, according to the UGA Fact Book.Â
In the aftermath racial justice protests and a historic election, the 60th anniversary of the desegregation at UGA is a reminder of how far the university has come, and how much progress still remains.