Griffin Bell : A life in photos
In 1959, Bell agreed to served as the unpaid chief of staff to Georgia Gov. Ernest Vandiver, who had been elected on a pledge that public school integration would not happen. Bell advised Vandiver that the federal court decisions left him no choice but to desegregate. He then created a blue-ribbon commission to collect parent testimony on desegregation. While parents blew off steam, Vandiver had enough cover to begin desgregating UGA. Here, Georgia parents protest school integration. File photo / AJC
