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Benjamin Mays
Benjamin Mays was an African American minister, educator, scholar, and social activist. He is most known as the longtime president of Morehouse College. He had a leadership role in a lot of civil rights protesting groups. He was the mentor of MLK Jr. and was one of the most outspoken critics of segregation before the civil rights movement. He published two autobiographies, Born To Rebel, and Lord, The People Have Driven Me On. -
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Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr.Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 15, 1929. He followed in his father's and grandfather's footsteps and enrolled in Morehouse College. He was one of the first to enter onto an integrated bus on December 21, 1956. The bus boycott made him famous. He was the president of the SCLC. He made his 'I Have A Dream' speech in August 1963. He was assassinated in Memphis. -
1946 Governor's Race/ End Of The White Primary
1946 Governor's RaceThe governor's race consisted of 3 governor's wanting power. Ellis Arnall was the current governor while the election was going on. He believed that he deserved the power because he was governor during the election. Lester Maddox, about-to-be-elected lieutenant governor, thought he should be in office because he was supposed to be elected with the governor. Herman Talmadge believed he should be governor because when the votes were rechecked, he had ended up with the most. Lester Maddox won. -
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Civil Rights Era/Movement
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Herman Talmadge
He served as governor in early 1947 and from 1948 to 1954. He was elected to the US Senate in 1956 and continued until his defeat in 1980. Herman Talmadge was a democrat who was governor at the time of political transition in the state;he served in the Senate during the time of great political change in the nation. He was a strong opponent of civil rights legislation. He began to reach out to black voters in the 1970s. He was denounced by Senate for financial misconduct in 1979. -
Brown v. Board Of Education
This was a case in the Supreme Court. An African American man named Oliver Brown wanted his daughter to go to an all-white school. The reason for this was that the all-white schools provided better education to their students. When he and twenty others appealed this case to the NAACP, it then went to the local district court. At the court, they ruled in favor of the Board of Education. Thurgood Marshall appealed this case to the Supreme Court. Supreme Court ruled in favor of Brown. -
1956 State Flag of Georgia
In 1955, Atlanta attorney and state Democratic party leader John Sammons Bell began a campaign to substitute the Confederate battle flag with the red and white bars on the Georgia state flag. State Senators Jefferson Lee Davis and Willis Harden agreed to introduce legislation to change the state flag. Georgia devoted 2/3 of the state flag to Stars and Banners. The flag resembled the one that the Confederate states used in the Civil War. -
Civil Rights Act
Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the Civil Rights Act of 1957 on September 9th, 1957. This marked the first occasion since the Reconstruction period that the federal government undertook significant legislative action to protect civil rights. -
SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee)
SNCC leaderThis is one of the key organizations in the 1960s. In Georgia, the SNCC concentrated its efforts in mainly Albany and Atlanta. The strategy was much more different than that of already established civil rights organizations. The Albany movement consisted of a mix of SNCC and NAACP members, They would also perform sit-ins, Freedom Rides, 1963 March On Washington. Atlanta was a major center for SNCC activity. -
Sibley Commission
Sibley CommissionThe Sibley Commission is a committee. The head of this committee was John Sibley. He strongly opposed integration. The Sibley Commission was charged with gathering state residents' sentiments about desegregation and reporting them back to the governor. This was very important and they played a huge role in the Civil Rights Movement. -
Albany Movement
The Albany Movement began in fall 1961 and ended in the summer of 1962. It was the first mass movement in the modern civil rights movement. It resulted in the jailing of more than 1000 African Americans. King was in the movement in December 1961. SNCC workers started up the movement. King felt that the outcome he desired had failed, so he left. Many African Americans felt that even though his speech failed, it did not mean that the movement failed. King was arrested during this movement. -
Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter at UGA
UGA was racially integrated until January 1961. In 1961, Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter, two you African American students, enrolled into this school. They became the first African Americans to enroll in UGA. They both graduated in 1963. -
Andrew Young
He was an African American politician, buisnessman, and human rights activist. He was born during the Great Depression and Jim Crow Laws time period. He was a major rights activist during the civil rights movement. He was the SNCC civil rights leader for some time. He was elected city mayor in 1981. This election signaled the institutionalization of the revolution of black political power he had helped to create in Georgia. He is still alive and has published 2 books. -
Lester Maddox
Lester Maddox was born on September 30, 1915. He was governor of Georgia in the 1960s and greatly changed Georgia. He appointed more African Americans to office in the state government than all the other previous governors combined. He also greatly increased funding towards Georgia schools and communities. He died on June 25, 2003. -
Maynard Jackson as Mayor Of Atlanta
Maynard JacksonMaynard Jackson was born on March 23, 1938. He was born in Dallas, Texas. He entered into Morehouse College and graduated when he was only 18. He was elected mayor in 1973. After serving for 8 years, his term had ended. He came to serve again in 1990. During his time as mayor, he worked closely with Billy Payne, Andrew Young, and others to bring the 1996 Olymic Games to Atlanta. He was the first African American to serve as mayor of a major southern city.
