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I have a dream speech
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Eugene Thomas was about to be the govenor but died before his inauguration.Eugene's son Herman was about to be govenor, but Melvin Thompson was lieutenant govenor and wanted to be govenor. Then there was another election and Herman Talmadge won.
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75th govenor of Georgia
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The US Supreme Court ruled that state laws establishing seperate schools for blacks and whites was unconstitional. Later segregation was ruled a violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth amendment of the US constitution. The decision was to integrate schools. The Sibley commission recommended that the state accept the federal decision to desegregate the schools.
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The Georgia flag was changed because the past flags were offensive and was hurting the economy.
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The student nonviolent coordinating committee was where students would sit-in to protest segregated lunch counters.
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Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter attened UGA. They became the first two african americans to attend UGA especially one of many segregated southern institutions.
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The Albany movement was a desegregation movement coalition formed in Albany, Georgia. The SNCC and NAACP and Martin Luther King Jr. led the movement. The Albany Movement was mobilized thousands of citizens and attracted nationwide attention. The movement failed to accomplish its goals because of a determermined opposition.
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The March on washington was one of the largest political rallies for human rights in US history. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his " i have a dream speech." The march demanded civil and economic rights for african americans.
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The Civil Rights act ruled that discrimination based on race, color, religion, etc be outlawed.It ended unequal application of voter registration requirements and racial segregation in schools.
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Legislation that gave the federal government power to register voters and approve any election law changes in certain states, prinicpally in the south
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As a young lawyer Maynard Jackson won election as vice-mayor of Atlanta in 1969. 4 years later Atlanta voters elected him as mayor. Therefore making him the first african american to head a major southern city.
