St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1961-01-20

Thursday when over a 1000 stu
dents plus outsiders led by men,
bers of the Georgia Ku Kux Khan
rioted and broke windows in the
dormitory which housed Miss
Hunter.
State troopers quartered a few
blocks away from the university,
would not intervene, because
they claimed Gov. Vandiver, a
segregatiOnist, did not give the
order to do so.
The riots which were featured
on most front pages in the Amer
lean press, and Of course in the
European, Russian, Asian, and AZ
rican papers vexed many Amer.
cans now sensitive to the image
which the US. race problem con.
tinues to create in the minds Of the
world. The us. reacted by wide.
spread protest and criticism in.
GLIDING signed statements by one
half Of the faculty Of the Universe.
ty of Georgia where the outrage
occurred, asking immediate rein.
statement and protection Of the
Negro students.
Action was immediate. Judge w
A. Bootle, federal district Judge
who originally ordered the two
students admitted Immediately
ruled as unconstitutional a Georgia
law which cuts off funds which
integrate classes. The NAACP
asked immediate action to return
the students to the school.
The next day Judge Bottle or
dered the University Of Georgia to
revoke the suspension Of the two
students, ordering that they be re-
admitted to classes by 8 am. Mon.
day, Jan. 16.
School authorities who had trieC
manhllly to obey the courts orig,
inal order issued a sweeping order
to the student body, stating that
any insults, interference Of any
kind engaged in by students
against Miss Hunter and Holmes
when they returned to school would
make perpetrators subject to sus-
pension, dismissal or both.
Monday both attended classes
accompanied by Athens, Ga, pO-
lice officers in plain clothes, and
by Tuesday no police guard Of
the two was visible, although IL
was known that both city, state
and federal officers were on the
campus. The FBI had began to
conduct an investigation Of the
riots to learn II there had been
violations Of civil rights laws.
BY Wednesday a few of the
white students returned to their
friendly hellos of the first day OF
the Negro students appearance on
the campus,
Only an estimated 1000 of the
male students Of the campus were
involved in the original disorder
on the Jan H., first day
the Negro students were openly
greeted with such sallies as: Go
home niggers," Hello coons,
stay home niggers," and other
such derisive terms.
Even then Dean William Tate
and other school officials took
down names Of the students who
tried to start disorders, and a total
Of six students were suspended.
At the height Of the Jan. IL
riots Athens police arrested six
armed men, members Of the Ku
KIux Khan who now face indict-
ment by the county grand jury
here In Athens.
Federal Judge w. A. Bootle,
was hung in effigy in the town OF
Americas, Ga, and he was verbal
ly attacked in the Georgia AS
sembly where there was a vigorous
disagreement about what to do to
halt school Indignation in other
state schools.
The president Of the University,
DR.. o. c. Aderhold and Dean VII
liam Tate, were under fire from
some legislators for brain wash
ing the students into peacefully
accepting the Negro students.
Before Thursdays riots many OF
the women students on the campus
had exhibited friendliness towards
Miss Hunter and a number Of mer
students had escorted young Ham.
ilton around the campus.
TV interviewers found the
campus student body divided on
the issue. Some staunch segrega-
tiOnists made threatening re-
marks about the two Negro stu
dents and others said they were
for unfolding the law even when
they admitted disagreement and
that their views were not the
prevailing views held by stu
dents.