University of Georgia Riot

Date: January 11, 1961 • Location: Athens, United States

Students at the University of Georgia rioted in an attempt to prevent the attendance of two African-American students.

The University of Georgia is a public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university with its main campus in Athens, Georgia, United States. Chartered in 1785, it is the first state-chartered public university in the United States. It is the flagship university of the University System of Georgia.