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NAACP
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP has affected African American civil rights and focused primarily on educational improvements for the black community. -
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CORE
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Brown vs. Board of Education
Supreme Court cases that struck down the policy of separate but equal and mandated the desegregation of public schools. -
Georgia State Flag
Controversial flag that flew over Georgia from 1956-2001. The flag was controversial due to the flag's prominent Confederate Battle emblem. -
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Sibley Commision
Supreme Court cases that struck down the policy of separate but equal and mandated the desegregation of public schools. -
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SNCC
targeted Georgia's notorious southwest Black Belt region in an attempt end white supremacy -
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SCLC
Led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., who was living in Montgomery at the time, the organization eventually was supported by Southern religious leaders. -
Albany Movement
An organized civil rights protest led by the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee, whose primary objective was to desegregate the city of Albany, Georgia, and the surrounding community. -
March on Washington
The famous jobs and civil rights march led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.; the famous "I Have a Dream" speech was given at the march. -
Civil RIghts Act
Federal legislation that forbade discrimination on the basis of race and sex in hiring, firing, and promotion.