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Bejnamin Mays & Morehouse College
Benjamin Mays becomes president of Morehouse college.
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Benjamin Mays Morehouse College
Benjamin Mays was an outspoken advocate of desgregation long before the modern civil rights movement. He was also an important mentor to Martin Luther King Jr. He also travelled abroad to many places, such as India where he met with and talked to Mahatma Gandhi. And throughout his career he was a very influential character in the civil rights movement.
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End of White Primary
In 1946 the white primary was declared unconstitutional by the US Supreme court and allowed blacks to finally have a say in the elections for Govnernor. Right after the white primary ended over 116,000 blacks registered to vote. -
Herman Talmadge Governor
Herman Talmadge defeats Melvin Thompson in the election for Governor after the Three Governor Controversy.
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Brown v. Board of Education
After the Brown v. Board of Education case, the US Supreme Court declared segregation of public schools to be desegregated because of the vast difference in the quality of black and white schools. The ruling opened up a door to higher education for many more blacks. -
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MLK Jr. & Civil RIghts
King was a very important figure in the push for civil rights for the black community, as well as being the head of several civil rights groups such as the Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA). Throughout his life King was a very important figure in the modern civil rights movement. -
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Herman Talmadge
After he was elected into the US Senate he was vehemently opposed to desegregation and civil rights for blacks. He was also a white supremacist leader in the Senate until 1980 where he was defeated by Mack Mattingly. When the US Supreme court finally ruled segregation unconstitutional he was a very outspoken enemy of the decision and even wrote a book about it, You and Segregation.
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1956 State Flag
The 1956 State Flag was similar to the one flown by the Confederate States and was chosen to represent what Georgia stood for, mainly legal segregation as wel as a very strict interpretation of the Constitution. -
Sibley Commision
The Sibley Commission was created by John Sibley to allow the community to choose whether or not their schools will be desegregated and thus removed blame from the Governor if the schools remained segregated. -
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was formed from the student produced sit-ins at lunch tables and was focused mainly in Atlanta and Albany and provided a focused attempt at desgregation of higher education. -
UGA Desegregated
In 1961 Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter-Gault were admitted to UGA and marked the beginning of desegregation of Georgia's higer education. -
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Albany Movement
The first major movement of a large group of people during the Civil Rights period and had the goal of desegregation of an entire community in mind. -
March on Washington
The March on Washington was one of the largest civil/political rallies ever hed and had around 250,000 people in attendance. It was also where Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech to the many gatherers.
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Civil Rights Act
The Civil Rights Act outlawed discrimination based on religion, race, gender, or color throughout the US in any location.
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Lester Maddox elected as Governor
Lester Maddox won the seat and many feared that he would revert Georgia to a heavily segregated state once more but he seemed to have become more progressive and even elected more African Americans than any governors before him. -
Assassination of MLK Jr.
King was assassinated by James Earl Ray in Memphis, Tennesse. -
Maynard Jackson Elected Mayor of Atlanta
Maynard Jackson is elected to mayor of Atlanta and beats Sam Masell in a run-off election with nearly 60% of the votes. He is the first mayor of a major southern city. -
Andrew Young elected Atlanta Mayor
Andrew Young was elected to Mayor of Atlanta and signified the first time an African American Mayor (Maynard Jackson) was succeded by another African American (Andrew Young).
