Herman Talmadge: Reaction to Brown v. Board of Education Decision

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Talmadge recalls where he was and how he reacted to news of the Supreme Court's landmark decision to end segregation in public schools, handed down on May 17, 1954.

Courtesy of Georgia Political Heritage Program, Irvine Sullivan Ingram Library Special Collections, University of West Georgia.

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