This week marks the 55th anniversary of the desegregation of Atlanta schools.
Nine black students were selected via a process to be the first to go to four all-white Atlanta schools. Through no riots and boycotts took place and the students attended without incident, their lives were not easy, as Atlanta Journal-Constitution blogger Maureen Downey reminds us.
The AJC also has gathered some memorable photos from that period and you can see them here.