Historical Marker

Holmes/Hunter Academic Building

Athens · Athens-Clarke County · Erected 2001

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The Story

On January 6, 1961, Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter walked into this building to register as UGA's first Black students, desegregating the university despite a riot that erupted that night.

About this site

Holmes/Hunter Academic Building is a historical marker in Athens, Athens-Clarke County, erected in 2001. It is one of 105 historical markers documented in Athens-Clarke County, among 141 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 33.9573, -83.3752 near Athens. The nearest cataloged historic site is University of Georgia (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include The Red and Black, Robert Toombs Oak, and Commeration of the Golden Anniversary of a Classic Partnership.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

📍 33.9573, -83.3752 · Athens, Athens-Clarke County

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