In September 1960, Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter, two African American high school classmates from Atlanta, filed suit against the Registrar of the University of Georgia for discrimination in the admissions process. During the trial proceedings, the plaintiffs' attorneys incorporated a revealing line of questioning with UGA President Aderhold which included his testimony in a similar admissions case several years earlier. The court ruled in favor of the plaintiffs, and Mr. Holmes and Ms. Hunter became the university's first black students in January 1961.