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This photograph shows Hamilton Holmes (center), Donald Hollowell (left), and Alfred "Tup" Holmes (right), Holmes' father. The three of them stand in a doorway. Hollowell holds a hat and a cigar in his right hand.In 1961 Hamilton Holmes became one of the first African American students to gain admission to the University of Georgia after a two-year legal battle, led in part by Hollowell. Hamilton Holmes's father, Tup, was an Atlanta businessman.
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  1. African American Businesspeople
  2. African American Civil Rights Workers
  3. African American College Students
  4. African American Lawyers
  5. African American Men
  6. African Americans
  7. Athens
  8. Businessmen
  9. Businesspeople
  10. Cigars
  11. Civil Rights
  12. Civil Rights Workers
  13. College Integration
  14. College Students
  15. Georgia
  16. Hats
  17. Hollowell, Donald
  18. Holmes, Alfred
  19. Holmes, Hamilton, 1941
  20. Lawyers
  21. Men
  22. Universities
  23. University Of Georgia

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