Mar 10, 2011 - Sale 2239

Sale 2239 - Lot 224

Price Realized: $ 2,400
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
(CIVIL RIGHTS--INTEGRATION.) Charlayne Hunter breaks the color line at the University of Georgia in Athens. Fifteen large gelatin silver prints, 14x11 inches, some stamps from Magnum on reverse with a few notes, etc. Georgia, 1961
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In 1961 Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes became the first two African-American students to enroll in the University of Georgia. In 1967, Hunter joined the investigative news team at WRC-TV, Washington, D.C., and also anchored the local evening news. In 1968, she went to work at The New York Times as a metropolitan reporter specializing in coverage of the urban African-American community