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Benjamin Mays
President of Morehouse College and Head of Atlanta Public Schools. He was a mentor to MLK Jr. and was against segregation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=to_vzugUQbQ -
1946 Governor's Race
Eugene Talmadge served three terms as Gov. of Georgia. He was elected for a fourth term but died before he could take office. Three people thought they deserved to be governor - Herman Talmadge (Eugene's son & opposer of civil rights legislation), Ellis Arnall (former GA govenor & supporter to help end the all white primary), and Lt. Melvin Thompson. The GA Supreme Court ruled that Lt. Thompson would serve until a new election could be held. -
Brown vs. Board of Education
The Supreme Court says that Segregation is illegal. Separate but equal is NOT ok. Public schools began to be intergrated. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTGHLdr-iak -
MLK Jr
Minister from Atlanta who developed a non-violent means of protesting civil disobedience. He was one of the most important Civil Rights Movement leaders ever.
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1956 Georgia State Flag
Georgia's State Flag was changed to the Confederate Battle Flag. In 2001, it was changed because citizens found it offensive. -
SNCC
Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) - Students that protested to help African Americans get become equal. -
Sibley Commission
In 1960, Georgia's General Assembly organized the Sibley Commission. The commission held statewide hearings to gauge public reaction to intergrating public schools. -
Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes
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Albany Movement
It was an organized to bring attention to segregated bus and train terminals in Albany, Georgia. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBrZ4utBse8 -
March on Washington
On August 1963, over 250,000 people joined Dr. MLK Jr. and other civil rights activists in March On Washington. The focus on the march was racial equality and to show support for the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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Andrew Young
He was the first African American elected to the U.S. House of Representatives since Reconstruction. Appointed by Jimmy Carter as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and also served as the Mayor of Atlanta. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
New laws that ended segregation in public places. Discrimination based on race is illigal in business.
Despite the laws being passed, three years later Lester Maddox was elected governor in Georgia in 1967 and he was very popular with those people who still supported segregation. -
Maynard Jackson
Maynard Jackson was the first African American elected mayor of a major southern city when he became Atlanta's mayor in 1974. He was very popular and served 3 times as mayor. He also brought lots of business to minority companies. He worked to help bring the 1996 Olympic Games to Atlanta and also worked with Andrew Young. He remained highly influential in politics before and after his terms.
