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the end of the white primary
A Supreme Court decision ruled that the white primary was unconstitutional. The Supreme Court upheld the decision in 1946. Georgia wanted the governor, Ellis Arnall to do what South Carolina had done: get the state legislature to repeal the primary laws. -
The 1946 governor's race
Eugene Talmadge won the Democratic primary for governor for the fourth time. His election was assured because there was no republican nominee.When the General Assembly elected Talmadge's son as governor, the newly elected lieutenant governor, Melvin Thompson, claimed the office of governor, and the outgoing governor, Ellis Arnall, refused to leave office -
Brown v. Board of Education
The plaintiffs were thirteen Topeka parents on behalf of their twenty children.The suit called for the school district to reverse its policy of racial segregation.The NAACP's chief counsel, Thurgood Marshall argued the case before the Supreme Court for the plaintiffs. -
The Founding of SNCC
The Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), formed to give younger blacks more of a voice in the civil rights movement. The new group played a large part in the Freedom Rides aimed at desegregating buses and in the marches.Three of its members died at the hands of the Ku Klux Klan during the Mississippi Freedom Summer of 1964. -
The Admission of Hamilton Holmes & Charlayne Hunter into UGA
Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes, the first African American students admitted to the University of Georgia. Protests and riots by white students who were opposed to the university's desegregation. That resulted in a temporary suspension of Hunter and Holmes. -
The Albany Movement
Residents of Albany, Georgia, launched an ambitious campaign to eliminate segregation in of local life. Performed several acts of nonviolence. Resulted in the jailing of 1,000 african americans. -
The March on Washington
Attended by 250,000 people. it was the largest demonstration ever seen in the nation's capital, and one of the first to have extensive television coverage. President Kennedy originally discouraged the march, for fear that it might make the legislature vote against civil rights laws in reaction to a perceived threat. Once it became clear that the march would go on, however, he supported it. -
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
The provisions of this civil rights act forbade discrimination on the basis of gender as well as race in hiring. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson. The act 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. -
Election of Maynard Jackson
Born in Dallas, Texas, on March 23. He was the 1st mayor of atlanta.Jackson provoked his first major racial crisis in May 1974 when he attempted to fire the incumbent white police chief, John Inman. The firing increased racial tensions within the city.