Sarah Osbourne

Story ideas for desegregation...

1. A profile on specific historic figures that were influential in the past to the desegregation of UGA.

2. Story on current African American students and how desegregation affects their families, learning experiences at UGA, etc.

3. Study on the current African American organizations on campus and how they came to be with emphasis on how desegregation led to this.

4. Stories on current events happening including guest speakers, videos, lectures, etc.

5. Study or comparison on how the 150th anniversary of desegregation is being celebrated at UGA versus other colleges or universities.

6. How desegregation eventually led to a university focused on the benefit of a diverse student population and how this diverse student population is beneficial to student learning.

7. Classes offered at UGA that are relevant to diversity, African American culture, etc.

8. Study on the year UGA desegregated in comparison to other southern and northern universities at the time.

9. A focus on the years following the official desegregation of the university and the obstacles early African American students faced.

10. Impact of desegregation of a major southern university to the civil rights movement as a whole.

11. Importance for African Americans fighting in the civil rights movement to gain education and further themselves intellectually. How this is relevant in the desegregation of UGA and how allowing African Americans to gain education furthered the movement.

12.Events and/or protests that led up to the desegregation of UGA.