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End Of White Primary In Georgia
In 1945, a federal court said that Georgia's white state primary was unconstitutional.
With poll tax gone, white supremacists in GA said the state had to be protected from black voting.
They wanted Arnall to do what South Carolina had done after the court decision; get the state legistlature to repeal the primary laws. -
Governor's Race
Began with the death of Eugene Talmadge.
His son was elected, Herman Talmadge.
Ellis Arnall was not going to leave office and the Supreme Court had to take action against the three of them settling the controversy. -
Brown .vs. Board of Education
State-sanctioned segregation of public schools was a violation of the 14th amendment and was therefore unconstitutional. The desicion marked the end of the "separate but equal" by the Supreme Court nearly 60 years earlier in the Plessy .vs. Furg -
Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
A Group of black students in North Carolina refused to leave a lunch counter and had been denied service.
Hundreds of students join the SNCC.
The SNCC struggled to define its purpose as it fought white oppression. -
Admission of Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes
They were addmitted into UGA,
The first two blacks to be addmitted.
One of many that segregated to Southern Universities, -
The Albany Movement
First mass movement in the Cilvil Rights Era.
Jailed more than 1000 African Americans.
Included hundreds of black protesters. -
March on Washington
Blacks marched for Jobs an Freedom.
One of the largets political rallies of human rights in history.
MLKJr had his "I Have a Dream" speech in front of the Washington Monoument. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Outlawed segregation in businesses such as theaters, restaurants, and hotels.
It banned discriminatory practices in employment and ended segregation in public places such as swimming pools, libraries, and public schools.
Civil Rights Act of 1964, signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson just a few hours after House approval on July 2, 1964 -
Election of Maynard Jackson
Maynard Jackson was the first African American to serve as mayor of a major southern city. Jackson served eight years and then returned for a third term.
A lawyer in the securities field, Jackson remained a highly influential force in city politics after leaving elected office
