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Plessy vs. Ferguson
Plessy vs. Ferguson was the court case that decided that blacks and whites were seperate but equal under the law. Plessy was a octoon and in Louisiana was considered black. This made the fact that he was sitting in a white train car illegal and his case sparked segregation. -
End of the White Primary
Primus E. King was denied his consitutional right to vote and brought it to court. After working its way up to the Supreme Court and being denied, it led to the end of the abolishment of the poll tax and the White Primary. -
Brown vs. Board of Education
Brown vs. the Board of Education is famous for ending segregation in schools.Oliver Brown's child in Kansas was not granted admission to a white school. The schools were not equal, and therefore unconstitutional. -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a bus to a white person. This became known as The Montgomery Bus Boycott She gave inspiration to the other African Americans. -
1956 GA State Flag
In 1956 Georgia changed their state flag. The new flag had a Confederate battle flag on it which represented Georgia's dislike about the recent civil rights decisions. -
SCLC Founding
THe Southern Christian Leadership Conference is a civil rights movement that is still active today. Based in Atlanta,the organization was sparked by the Montgomery Bus Boycott and one of its leaders was Martin Luther King Jr, -
Sibley Commission
The Sibley Commission accumulated citizens' opinions of segregation in school in a peaceful manner. -
SNCC
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Comittee was founded by segregated lunch sit-ins in Greensboro and was a peaceful youth protesting group led by students. -
Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter to UGA
Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter were accepted into UGA and practically segregated the whole intstitution. -
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Albany Movement
First mass civil rights movement that specifically wanted to desegregate an area. During this time, over 1000 blacks were jailed for protesting
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March on Wahington
More than 200,000 people protested for jobs and freedom in Wahington D.C.Known as The March on Washington,this event was also the debut of Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream Speech." -
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Lester Maddox
Lester Maddox was a segregationist governor in the middle of the turn of the civil rights movement. It was unlikely that he would be governor of Georgia at this time in consideration of all of the Civil Rights progress. -
Civil Rights Act
Proposed by John F. Kennedy before his assassination, this act was signed by Lyndon B. Johnson outlawed public discrimination and employment discrimination.
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Martin Luther King Jr. Assassination
Civil Rights Leader, Martin Luther King Jr., was assassinated by James Earl Ray. Riots bursted through America because of this horrible act of racism. -
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Maynard Jackson
Maynard Jackson was the first African American mayor of Atlanta. He served three terms.
