Georgia
Anti-racism research requires understanding the persistence of racial inequality. This includes reviewing history, culture, laws, and society, as well as investigating how structures of racism developed within these contexts. Researchers may need to investigate the historical treatment and exploitation of specific racial groups, such as indigenous native peoples, enslaved Blacks, and immigrant groups. It is also helpful to review racial issues by time period. The New Encyclopedia of Georgia provides an excellent overview of time periods specific to Georgia.
There are several UGA LibGuides and virtural exhibits that look specifically at race and racism at UGA.
History of slavery at the University of Georgia - "Slavery is an integral part of the University of Georgia’s history. While the university itself did not own enslaved people, it did benefit from the institution of slavery by contributing to both the finances and the labor which founded and maintained the campus throughout the antebellum period.
Online exhibits linked in the guide provide insight and describe remarkable lives. From the UGA & Slavery exhibit link:
Lucius Henry Holsey (right) arrived in Athens in 1857, the enslaved carriage driver, house servant, and gardener of Professor R. M. Johnston.... "I determined to learn to read at all hazards," he remembered, "and take whatever risks there might be connected with it." He went on to become bishop of the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church.
Desegregation at UGA: A Guide to the Resources in UGA Special Collections
Until 1961, the University of Georgia--like all Georgia state institutions of higher education--was segregated by both and social forcesOn January 6, 1961, history was made when Judge William Bootle issued a to UGA that ordered the immediate admission of two African American teenagers, Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes, and thrust the University into the national spotlight as it navigated controversy, violence, and a path toward a more inclusive future."
