Lasting Legacy: Honoring three trailblazers who ended segregation at Georgia State

Name: Lasting Legacy: Honoring three trailblazers who ended segregation at Georgia State
Uploaded: 2023-02-20T15:04:00Z
Duration: 5 min 33 s
Description: With the help of the NAACP's Atlanta chapter, Myra Payne Elliot, Iris Mae Welch and Barbara Pace Hunt sued Georgia State for admission despite threats from the Ku Klux Klan. The three women talked with FOX 5 about the landmark case that ended segregation at what would become Georgia State University.

With the help of the NAACP's Atlanta chapter, Myra Payne Elliot, Iris Mae Welch and Barbara Pace Hunt sued Georgia State for admission despite threats from the Ku Klux Klan. The three women talked with FOX 5 about the landmark case that ended segregation at what would become Georgia State University.

Posted February 20, 2023 10:04am EST