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Benjamin Mays
Benjamin E. MaysHe was a black man who mentored the young Martin Luther King Jr. Benjamin Mays became the president of the Morehouse College in 1940. During the mid-1940s was when he had Martin Luther King and the two were close until Martin Luther King Jr. died in 1968. -
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Three Governors Controversy/ Governor's Race of 1946
Three Governors ControversyEuguene Talmadge was running for governor in 1946 and had a sure chance of winning with no competiion from the Republican party. However, Talmage died. The Eugene supporters wrote in his son, Herman, as a write-in candidate. The lieutenant governor was Melvin Thompson who was to fill in if the governor died but Eugene wasn't governor yet, so that created issues. Then, Ellis Arnall decided he would not give up his position as governor unless the new governor was confirmed -
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Herman Talmage as Governor
YOU AND SEGREGATIONHerman Talmage was governor for 12 years, from right after World War 2 right up to the end of segregation in schools. He was largely liked by the rural white men in Georgia and during his time enacted Georgia's first sales tax which helped the public school systems. Although, he helped the people in public schools, he strongly disagreed with the integrating of the schools. He even wrote a book called YOU AND SEGREGATION. -
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Brown v Board
Brown v. Board in Washington D.C.The court case started with an African American third grader named Linda Brown. Linda had to walk a mile to her all black school when there was a white school 7 blocks away from her house because of the segregation in schools. Linda was not allowed to go to the white school because of her race and her family took the case to court, which worked up to the supreme court. The desegregation of schools then took place after the court case but was resisted as much as possible especially in the South. -
Segragation is Unconstiutional in Schools
On this day in history, segregation was declared unconstitutional in schools by the Supreme Court after the Brown v. Board of Education ruling was made. -
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr.Martin Luther King, Jr. started to gain his recongnition in 1955 when he lead the Montgomery boycott against city buses. He was famous for his nonviolent ways during the Civil Right era. His most famous event was in 1963 when he lead the March on Washington where he delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech. King recieved a Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 on October 14.He continued to peacefully speak out his rights until he was killed in Memphis Tenessee. -
State Flag of 1956
Confederate flagThe flag of Georgia was considered very controversial and racist because of the Confederate flag on it. The Confederates where known for their wanting to keep African Americans as slaves in the 1860s. Although they lost, the Confederates were still a harsh subject and touchy to African Americans who ancestors had died as slaves. The flag of 1956 was found highly offensive, reminding everyone that the whites thought they were supreme to the blacks. -
SIbley Commission
The Sibley Commission was in charge of gathering people's opinion on whether to integrate schools and report back to the governor. John Sibley was the leader of the commission and was a respected Atlanta businessman and lawyer. He was mainly selected because he opposed to integrations. The two choices he gave was to contiune resistance or allow token integration with segregation still there. 605 of GA favored total segregation. Segregation eventually happened on January 31 1961 -
Admission of Hamilton Homes and Charalyne Hunter to UGA
Hamilton Holmes and Charalyne Hunter were the two first African Americans admitted into UGA. The two first tried to apply in 1959 but were refused acceptence because of limited space. On Spetember 2, 1960, they filed a civil suit against Danner, the univeresity registrar. The judge ruled they would have been admitted if it weren't for their race and registered on January 9, 1961. They faced lots of prejudice with rocks, bottles and fireworks being thrown at them. -
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Student Nonviolent Coordinating Comittee or SNCC
SNCCSNCC was founded in 1960 and major purpose was to have youth-led nonviolent acts against racism and segregation. The group were involved with sit-ins , the March on Washington, Freedom rides and more. Albany was a main area of action as well as Atlanta. Atlanta was home to many blacks and was also King's birthplace. The group constructed the Atlanta project which was used to increase black community "control over the public decisions which affect" their lives. -
Albany Movement
It was a successful failure. Martin Luther King, Jr. led the movmenet and hundreds of african american protesters, along with Martin, got arrested. The events caused people not to make the same mistakes in Birmingham, Alabama and had success. Also, the event led to the removement of all segregation laws in Albany. -
Andrew Young Jr.
Andrew Young, Jr. moved to Georgiua in 1961 to tutor African Americans in literacy, organizing, and leadership skills. Andrew worked with Martin Luther King, Jr. and started leading peaceful marches, including times where he was attacked by police dogs. He help draw up the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965. He was with Martin LutherKing when he died. After King died, he became the VP of SCLC. -
March on Washington
In Washington D.C. on August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech. Over 200,000 people gathered together to demand racial equality from the government. Most of the people were young college and high school students and no matter what the differences were between people, white or black, female or male, they all gathered together to take a stand. -
Civil RIghts Act of 1964
The bill declared that it is against the law to discriminate based on race, color, religion, gender or orgin. It prohibited recial segregation in schools, workplaces, and anythere that served the public. It also ended voting requirements, such as poll tax. -
Lester Mddox
He was an unlikely governor who was unsucccessful in politics. He believed in segregation and was a big racist, especially involving his restaurant (he chose to clost his resteraunt rather than desegregate). His ways changed because he elected more African Americans to governments than all previous GA governors combined. -
Maynard Jackson becoming mayor
Maynard JacksonMaynard Jackson was a black man who moved to Atlanta at age 7. He was vice mayor in 1969 before deciding to run for mayor in 1973. He was the underdog because the black politcal leaders were planning to support Sam Massell, a white Jew. Eventually, Jesse Hill and Herman J. Russell joined his campaign. Jackson won with 60 percent and was the first black mayor of a big southern city.
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