Summary
MACON, Ga. - Retired U.S. District Judge William Augustus Bootle, who issued a string of historic civil rights rulings in the 1960s including the 1961 order allowing blacks to enter the University of Georgia, died at his home Tuesday. He was 102.
Dee Mitchell from Snow's Memorial Chapel confirmed Bootle's death.See the full content of this document
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Judge From Georgia Civil Rights Fight Dies
Among Bootle's rulings were ones integrating buses and school systems and ensuring blacks' place on voter rolls. Macon's federal courthouse was named for him in 1998.
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