Forty years ago this month, two young people who wanted to attend the University of Georgia along with other high school seniors in the state, were forced to go to federal court to gain admission. The two students were eminently qualified except for one extenuating circumstance. Both were black. As federal judge William A. Bootle so aptly stated in ordering their admission, … [Read more...] about Jan. 8, 2001: It was not my alma mater’s finest hour.
2001 Columns
January 1, 2001: To Brian and Thomas Yarbrough; Zachary and Nicholas Wansley:
Well, boys, it looks like we made it to the new millennium. The last time we did this was a thousand years ago, and if the planet doesn't self-destruct in the meantime, it will be another thousand years before we do it again. You are fortunate to have lived through a change of centuries and then to have witnessed the start of a new millennium. When you think about all the … [Read more...] about January 1, 2001: To Brian and Thomas Yarbrough; Zachary and Nicholas Wansley: