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Hunter-Gault recalls historic integration at annual lecture
February 26, 2021
Charlayne Hunter-Gault, left, was interviewed by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., right, for the 2021 Holmes-Hunter Lecture on Feb. 23.
Peabody Award-winning historian Henry Louis Gates, Jr. remembers that “awful, historic day” when Charlayne Hunter-Gault became one of the first two Black students to enroll at the University of Georgia.
About 60 years ago, Gates watched the day unfold on his family’s 12-inch television set in Piedmont, West Virginia, where he grew up and where his family had lived for 200 years.
Gates, an award-winning literary scholar, journalist and filmmaker, sat down with acclaimed journalist Hunter-Gault to interview her about both her time at UGA and her career during the 2021 Holmes-Hunter Lecture, held virtually Feb. 23.