Georgia Tech Honors First Black Students With Sculptures

Nearly 60 years have passed since Georgia Tech first integrated. This week, the Institute honored the first black students with two bronze sculptures.

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Georgia Tech unveiled two bronze sculptures this week.  They honor the first black students who attended the Institute.

One of the sculptures is dubbed “The Three Pioneers.” It honors the first three students who enrolled at Tech in September 1961.

Ford Greene was one of those pioneers.