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John Bradley enrolled as the first Black student in 1965; that fall, several Black teenagers integrated the undergraduate body, enduring isolation to claim their education. Catherine Davis became the first African American graduate in 1967.
Integration of Georgia Southern is a historical marker in Statesboro, Bulloch County, erected in 2018. It is one of 40 historical markers documented in Bulloch County, among 134 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 32.4263, -81.7827 near Statesboro. The nearest cataloged historic site is Marvin Summers Pittman (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include First District Agricultural and Mechanical School, Pioneer Turpentining Experiment, and Georgia Southern University.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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