Charlayne hunter gault photo with husband arrested

In January, , following a court order, she and Hamilton Holmes became the first African Americans admitted to the historically segregated state university, where the two transfer students — Ms. Hunter-Gault seeking a journalism degree, Mr. Holmes a pre-med — were almost universally unwelcome. Hunter-Gault endured bullying from her upstairs neighbors, who banged on the floor above her room to annoy her.

Charlayne hunter gault photo with husband arrested: As one of two African

Hunter-Gault, who blocked out the noise by listening to music LPs on her record player. I used to play Nina Simone. She reached all the way down to me at the University of Georgia in my solitude, and helped keep me company. Not everyone at the university was hostile to African Americans. Hunter-Gault went on to make some friends on campus, both professors and students.

One night in her first year at the university, which barred her from eating in the cafeteria, Ms. Hunter-Gault was surprised by a knock on her door. A group of Jewish co-eds, toting groceries, had come to cook dinner for her in the dorm kitchenette.