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Student Protest

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@ Atlanta History Center

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View of students placing a bust of Eugene Talmadge atop the Thomas Watson statue in front of the Georgia State Capitol while other unidentified students protest Talmadge's actions in firing professors and officials of schools affiliated with the University System of Georgia.Governor Eugene Talmadge initiated a campaign to replace or remove public university officials who he suspected of supporting the desegregation of Georgia's public colleges and universities. This culminated in a political battle over the firing of Dr. William Cocking resulting in many Georgia colleges losing their accreditation and support from the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools for "gross political interference."

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Atlanta History Center

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Digital Library of Georgia