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Grady High School admits its first African American students Lawrence Jefferson and Mary McMullen, 1961

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Wilson, Bill (William Bryan), 1914-1993Photographic Collections
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Keywords

  1. African American Students
  2. African Americans
  3. Henry W. Grady High School (Atlanta, Ga.)
  4. High School Students
  5. School Integration
  6. Schools

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