There was an overflow crowd as award-winning journalist and University of Georgia alumna Charlayne Hunter-Gault presented the 2018 Holmes-Hunter Lecture this afternoon in the Chapel.
The lecture is named in honor of Hunter-Gault and her classmate Hamilton Holmes, who were the first African-American students to attend the UGA in 1961.
This is the first time she’s speaking at the annual event.
“It’s not the first time I’ve come back to the University of Georgia, but the first time I’ve done this," Hunter-Gault said. "I was honored, I was humbled and I was encouraged by what I’ve seen all over the campus where so many of the students who look like me today are very comfortable here; and that’s really rewarding.”
Hunter-Gault spoke about today’s political climate, her love for the Georgia Bulldogs football team and gave advice to students, telling them they can pick up the baton.
Photos by Andrew Davis Tucker and Dorothy Kozlowski/UGA)
Gault described her experience while attending UGA with Holmes. The Atlanta physician died in October 1995. The family of the late physician was in attendance.
Sponsored by the Office of the President, the Holmes-Hunter Lecture focuses on race relations, civil rights and education and has been held annually since 1985. Dozens of area students from three Clarke County High Schools, as well as Barrow Elementary School attended the lecture.
