Donald L. Hollowell
| December 9, 1917 |
Civil Rights attorney Donald Hollowell born, Wichita, Kansas |
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Donald L. Hollowell |
| January 18, 1960 |
City of Atlanta approves plan to desegregate schools
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Donald L. Hollowell |
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The Road to Integration
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| May 9, 1960 |
Judge Hooper sets a deadline for the desegregation of Atlanta schools at May 1, 1961
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Donald L. Hollowell |
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Frank A. Hooper |
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The Road to Integration
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| October 28, 1960 |
MLK released from Reidsville State Prison
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Donald L. Hollowell |
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Martin Luther King
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| January 6, 1961 |
Macon judge William Bootle instructs the University of Georgia to admit Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes to the University, finding that they had been excluded from admission simply because they were black
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Donald L. Hollowell |
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University of Georgia, Athens (UGA) |
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The Road to Integration
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| January 9, 1961 |
Bootle stays his ruling forcing the University of Georgia to desegregate. Bootle's stay is ruled "improvidently granted" by an Atlanta judge. Vernon Jordan is told to escort Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes to UGA to register for class. Georgia Governor Earnest Vandiver, who is required by law to close integrated schools does so in a way that UGA can keep operating at least for a few days: He cuts off state funding.
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Donald L. Hollowell |
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University of Georgia, Athens (UGA) |
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Ernest Vandiver, Jr. |
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The Road to Integration
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| January 10, 1961 |
Judge W. A. Bootle issues a temporary injunction preventing Georgia governor Earnest Vandiver from cutting off funds to the University of Georgia to prevent black Americans from attending class.
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Donald L. Hollowell |
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University of Georgia, Athens (UGA) |
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Ernest Vandiver, Jr. |
| January 11, 1961 |
Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes attend their first classes at UGA. Following a nighttime basketball game, a rowdy group surrounds Hunter's dorm and is broken up by Athens police. Hunter and Holmes are suspended "for their own protection."
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University of Georgia, Athens (UGA) |
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Donald L. Hollowell |
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The Road to Integration
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| January 12, 1961 |
Judge W. A. Bootle strikes down a state law designed to cut off funding if the University of Georgia becomes integrated.
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Donald L. Hollowell |
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University of Georgia, Athens (UGA) |
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Ernest Vandiver, Jr. |
| January 12, 1961 |
Judge Bootle orders UGA to readmit Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes and charges Governor Ernest Vandiver with the responsibility of protecting them
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Donald L. Hollowell |
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The Road to Integration
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Ernest Vandiver, Jr. |
| December 27, 2004 |
Donald Hollowell dies of heart failure, Atlanta, Georgia |
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Donald L. Hollowell |
Donald Hollowell is closely associated with two pivitol Georgia Civil Rights cases, the integration of Atlanta Public Schools and the integration of the University of Georgia (UGA), but for more than 40 years this man was a quiet leader in the battle for Civil Rights in Georgia. His legacy includes desegragating buses in Augusta and schools in Macon, and freeing Martin Luther King from Reidsville Prison where he landed following a parole violation stemming from a traffic offense.
When Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta refused to allow African-American doctors to work in the hospital, Hollowell argued and won the Civil Rights case that had national impact.
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