Historical Marker

William Augustus Bootle

Macon · Bibb County

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The Story

In January 1961 federal judge William A. Bootle ordered the University of Georgia to admit Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter, the students who desegregated the university despite riots and segregationist resistance.

About this site

William Augustus Bootle is a historical marker in Macon, Bibb County. It is one of 88 historical markers documented in Bibb County, among 199 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 32.8370, -83.6256 near Macon. The nearest cataloged historic site is Old U.S. Post Office and Federal Building (historic place), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Freemasonry in Macon, William M. Wadley, and Macon History.

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

📍 32.8370, -83.6256 · Macon, Bibb County

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