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White Primary is Abolished in Georgia
White Primary in Georgia was something that restricted African Americans from voting. Primus E. King lived in Georgia and tried to vote at Muscogee County Court House. He was quickly thrown out. He then went to court against it and won, which then stopped all White Primary systems in Georgia. http://ss8h11.wordpress.com/ss8h11-section-a/the-end-of-the-white-primary/ picture: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-2921&sug=y -
Integration of the Armed Forces
President Harry Truman wanted the desegregation of the military as soon as possible by taking it through administrative action, instead of going through the legislature. There really is no actual date that I can find of when the armed forces were actually integrated, but I found the day that he signed the bill. Soon, the army, marines, navy, and the coast guard would be segregated. (there was no air force yet) for picture and facts: http://tinyurl.com/nxt8l -
Brown vs. Board of Education
Chief Justice Earl Warren overturned the Plessey vs. Fergusson decision, which then enabled blacks and whites to go to the same schools/ facilities. http://www.timetoast.com/timelines/131204. picture: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/10/weekinreview/10liptak.html?_r=1 -
Rosa Parks and the Mongomery Bus Boycott
Rosa parks was sitting on a Montgomery bus, when a white man came over and told her to move. The NAACP were involved (the National association for the Advancement of Colored People). The police, the United States Legislature, and all black Americans were also involved. They were protesting the fact that black people were segregated in many places, and that should not happen. http://www.timetoast.com/timelines/the-civil-rights-movement-timeline picture: http://tinyurl.com/7gg3x2m -
Change to the State Flag
In 1955, a man came up with the idea to make a new Georgia state flag that would incorporate the confederate battle flag (the stars and bars). Yet, while doing so, he also wanted to keep the Georgian seal on the flag, so when trying to pass the flag through congress, it wouldn’t show JUST the confederate battle flag. http://www.netstate.com/states/symb/flags/ga_flag.htm picture: http://tinyurl.com/88e64fb -
Crisis at Central High School and "Little Rock Nine"
The cause of the crisis was integration. Blacks were now being sent to schools for white people, and many got angry at the idea. Little rock nine was the group of African Americans that were enrolled into the high school. These nine students then graduated from the high school one year later. http://www.timetoast.com/timelines/131204 and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Rock_Nine picture: http://tinyurl.com/7uat5qn -
Hebrew Benevolent Congregation in Atlanta Bombed
A reform Jewish temple in Atlanta, Georgia. An explosion of about 50 sticks of dynamite blew through the wall of the building, yet no-one was killed nor injured. Someone after the bombing called the police and said, "We bombed a temple in Atlanta. This is the last empty building in Atlanta we will bomb. All nightclubs refusing to fire their Negro employees will also be blown up." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_the_Hebrew_Benevolent_Congregation_Temple picture: http://tinyurl.com/86xcjd -
The Sibley Commission
The Sibley Commission was established on March 3, 1960 to integrate schools in the deeps south. People in the sibley commission interviewed other Georgians to see how they felt about integration. They found out that more Georgians would rather shut down their schools, and then have them integrated. In many communities, private schools were introduced so white children wouldn’t have to go to school with black children. http://www.mystatehistory.com/georgia/Def picture: http://tinyurl.com/7jmbxz -
Integration of UGA
Governor Vandiver backed up the Supreme Court's plans to integrate UGA. he wanted it to be a school with both blacks and whites. The citizen's reactions to the decision were to shut down the college instead of making it integrated. The first two black students to enter UGA were Charlayne Hunter, and Hamilton Holmes. http://www.mystatehistory.com/georgia/Default.aspx picture: http://tinyurl.com/6sb6h8m -
freedom rides
Freedom riders were people that lived in the north and rode a public transportation bus into the south, opposing segregation and testing separate but equal laws called Jim Crow Laws. These men and women would risk their freedom for the word to spread about segregation being wrong and unconstitutional. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_riders picture: http://tinyurl.com/7eo7sqo -
The Albany Movement
African Americans in the NAACP and SNCC wanted to test the segregation laws on a bus stop for whites only. They arrived at the bus stop and were quickly arrested. the Albany Movement was started by Dr. William Anderson. http://www.mystatehistory.com/georgia/Default.aspx picture: http://tinyurl.com/8y63d9q -
Birmingham, AL Protests
As Martian Luther King Jr. started moving his campaigns to Alabama, more and more protests about civil rights popped up. for several nights, police tried to stop the riots and protests in the streets. While doing so, they would shoot fire-hoses at them to make them stop. Afterwards, over 3,000 people (including MLK) were arrested. http://www.mystatehistory.com/georgia/Default.aspx picture: http://tinyurl.com/8yvs75z -
March on Washington D.C.
The march on Washington d.c. was an anti- violent protest against segregation. people of many different races showed up, which then led to the famous speech called, "i had a dream", by MLK. http://www.timetoast.com/timelines/the-civil-rights-movement-timeline picture: http://tinyurl.com/73kuu53 -
16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham bombed
It was a nice Sunday morning. as parents dropped their children off at their Sunday-school, there was an explosion. a bomb had killed four black children and injured fourteen others. Even though there was a riot afterwards, many whites and African Americans joined together to stop further violence. Robert Chambliss was responsible for the bombing that night and was sentenced to life in prison. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_Street_Baptist_Church_bombing picture: http://tinyurl.com/7rl96cg -
John F. Kennedy Assassination
President John F. Kennedy was in a car riding in downtown Dallas, Texas. In the middle of a parade, there was a loud, "BOOM". Everyone's attention was then turned to the dead body, which was John F. Kennedy's. He was shot by a sniper named Lee Harvey Oswald in the window further down the street. http://www.timetoast.com/timelines/131204 picture: http://tinyurl.com/7xkdzx8 -
Civil Rights Act of 1964 passed
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was something that ended major racial segregation in the United States. It let African Americans vote and no more segregation of schools, churches, or workplaces. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964 picture: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964 -
voting rights act of 1965 passed
The Act of 1965 was passed so no-one could find a reason that African Americans can't vote because of their religion or race. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voting_Rights_Act picture: http://tinyurl.com/8xqzzza -
Summerhill Race Riot in Atlanta
The Summerhill race riot of 1966 was caused by a police man shooting at a black man for thinking he was stealing a car. The rioting started and didn’t end soon. the mayor of Georgia actually pleaded the crowd to stop the rioting. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summerhill_(Atlanta) picture: http://tinyurl.com/7swluhr -
MLK Assassinated
\MLK died in the Lorraine hotel in Memphis, Tennessee. A man named James Earl Ray. He shot a bullet into his mouth, area, which then destroyed his jugular vein. He never regained consciousness. Also, when the autopsy was being revealed, we found out that he had a heart of a 60 year old, and was only 39. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Martin_Luther_King,_Jr. picture: http://tinyurl.com/8yg5lmp -
All Georgia Schools Integrated
All of Georgia’s schools have now been integrated. It started with Brown Vs. Board of Education, and is now all through-out Georgia. this does not mean school was easy for these black students.... just saying http://www.timetoast.com/timelines/unit-9-the-civil-rights-movement--2
