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Supreme Court ends Segragation (Brown v. Board of Education
After the National Association for the Advancemnt of Colored People (NAACP) launched their campaign to stop segragation in schools, the supreme court came forward to declare it unconstiutional therefore ending it.
Here is Herman Talmadge's reaction: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/file/13438 -
Confederate State Flag
John Sammons Bell began his compaign to change Confederate flag into red and white stripes. After the Brown v. Board of Education however, most Georgia leaders were oppose to intergration. This change in mind set made the Confederate Flad stay as the state flag. -
SNCC Established
Students from Shaw University met up with Ella Baker, secratary of Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), to establish the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). A video about the SNCC:
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Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne
Former students who desegragated University of GA. Holmes was named the first African American member of the university foundation's board of trustees -
Albany Movment
Movement containing more than 1,000 African Americans including Martin Luther King. The goal was to desegragate a whole community. Video showing clips of the protests with cool music:
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Andrew Young
Worked in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) which was led by Martin Luther King as the executive director. He organized voter registaration and desgregation camps. He was also the first AA elected in congress after reconstruction. Andrew Young talking about Malcolm X and King:
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March on Washington
Civil Rights movement planned its largest gathering ever. Video on March on Washington:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wDU-oYQN04 -
Lester Maddox
He ran many times for office but kept losing. When he served he helped African Americans like appointing more blacks in government however he was known to be segragationist and stood by the Jim Crow laws. -
Mayor of Atlanta Maynard Jackson
Elected in 1973 as the first African Amercan mayor. He transformed the police department to reduce the rate of abusement towards African Americans by the police. -
Herman Talmadge elected into Senate
Herman Talmadge was opposed to the Civil Rights even though later in the 70's tried to appeal to black voters. He focused his efforts in helping rural farmers from Georgia, and sponsored the bill for food stamps.
