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1946 was a beginning for African-Americans, they could vote for Governor. 1946 was also the beginning of the Three Governor’s Crisis. -
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Son of Eugene Talmudge, was a racist. He served in the senate and as a governor.He was apart of the 3 governor controversy. -
Truman signs a law that said " It is hereby declared to be the policy of the President that there shall be equality of treatment and opportunity for all persons in armed services without regard to race, color, religion, or national origins."
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King sought equality for African Americans, the economically disadvantaged and victims of injustice through peaceful protest. The Montgomery Bus Boycott and the March on Washington, which helped bring about such landmark legislation as the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. He gave the "I have a Dream" speech. -
This was a case after Plessy v. Ferguson, which said "seperate but equal." Brown v. Board made schools finally intergrate, meaning all races come together going to the same school.
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After some events happened, it caused GA economy to change. They had changed the flag many times. People weren’t all about segregation like they are now compared to back then. Taking off a piece that resembled the confederate flag proved how they want to be equal. -
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Named after John Sibley, who was the commisioner. This was after Brown v. Board and showed how 60% of Georgians would rather shutdown schools than intergrate. -
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The Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee was one of the major civil rights organizations during this time.Focused on organizing peaceful, nonviolent change. Famous for freedom rides and sit-ins. -
Holmes and Hunter became the first two African American students admitted to the University of Georgia, one of many segregated southern institutions.
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It was the first mass movement in the modern civil rights era to have as its goal the desegregation of an entire community, and it resulted in the jailing of more than 1,000 African Americans in Albany and surrounding rural counties. Martin Luther King Jr. was drawn into the movement in December 1961 when hundreds of black protesters were arrested in one week, but eight months later King left Albany admitting that he had failed to accomplish the movement's goals. -
Over 200,000 Americans gathered in Washington, D.C., for a political rally for Jobs and Freedom.This was organized by different civil rights and religious groups. The event gave the spotlight on the political and social challenges African Americans faced across the country.
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This forbade discrimination on the basus of race and gender in hiring, promoting, and firing. -
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Prohibited states from imposing any voter qualification to deny the right of any US citizen to vote on account of race or color. -
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Lester Maddox was brought to office in 1966 by widespread dissatisfaction with desegregation, Maddox surprised many by serving as an able and unquestionably colorful chief executive. He had a resturant that he didnt want blacks to be able to eat in, but he was the only one who allowed more blacks to run in office. -
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Andrew Jackson Young, Jr. is an American politician, diplomat, activist, and pastor from Georgia. He has served as a Congressman from Georgia's 5th congressional district, the United States Ambassador to the United Nations, and Mayor of Atlanta. -
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President of Morehouse College. Benjamin Mays was a African American minister, educator, scholar, and social activist. He was Martin Luther King Jr. mentor.
