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Benjemin mays
He was an author and wrote The Negros Church. He beacome the dean of morehouse collage. He was the dean when Martin Luther King Jr. went to school there. -
Election of 1946 and the "Three Goveners Controversty
When Eugene talmadge died there was a debate for who was to become gergias govener this debate gained naitonal attion and it ened up where the lutienrt govener would be govener untill a speical election could be held -
Brown vs borard of education
It was 5 diffrent cases that lead to the desegragation of all public schools . The court cases desicon was to desegragte the schools. A lot of people didnt like this decision so they didnt follow it. it was later enforced by the goverment -
State flag
There were debates over the Georgia state flag because it had the confedrate flag in it. After many debates it was changed -
formation of SNCC
the SNCC was the student nonviolent cordination commite. they formed wanting younger blacks to have more of a voice. they felt like martin luther king jouner didnt understand how they felt. they were responsble for many of the sit ins and freedom rides. there first big thing was the succsful integraten of the wollworths lunch counter. -
Albany movement
The people in albany strated protest and martin luther king jr decided to come down and jion these movements. he was arrested with hundreds of others and in the end the albany campaign failed but it helped martin luther king jr out in alanta. -
Andrew Young
He worked with the SCLC. he was with king when he was assinated and became close workers with him. he also helped educate blacks -
Admission of Charlayne Hunter and Halmition Holmes to uga
They were the first two black people to ever be admitted to uga. the syudents there didnt like it and they violtently protested so much that the dean of the school suspened them for safty reasons but they got readmissioned when several teachers went aginst them being suspended -
March on washington
There were 200,000 people that marched for jobs and freedom. martian luther king jr gave his i have a dream speech there. -
civil rights act of 1964
it was an act that banned segragation and discrimtion on basis of race relogion and gender. -
Voting rights act of 1965
this proceeded the civil rights act and was made so blacks could vote free from taxes and tests -
Lester Maddox
He owed the pickrick restraunt and was a segragation so much that he choose to close the pickrick rather than to desegrageate it. this weas the main reason he was elected but when he was in office he wasnt completely about segragation in fact he hired more black people to work for the goverment than all of the other goveners combined,. -
Martin Luther King Jr.
He was Assantined on april 4 of 1968. He was the civil rights movments leading vioce and inspired thousands to join him in peaceful protest nation wide. He was arrested many times but still stayed a firm beliver in civlil rights. He was also the president of the SCLC and a baptist minister -
Election of Maynard Jackson
he was the first African american mayor of alanta. he helped small compineas out and he built a massive new terminal at hartsville jackson airport. the hartsfield jackson airport was named after him and willam hartsfield
