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President Truman became the first president to adress the NAACP
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He issued the executive order that desegregated the armed forces.
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The US Supreme Court found segregation unconstitutional. It overturned the Plessy v. Ferguson case and "separate but equal."
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Rosa Parks didn't give up her bus seat for a white in Alabama.
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The ATL school system officially desegregated
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A movement to desegregate Albany, GA. 500 people were arrested including MLK Jr.
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The 2 first African Americans admitted to UGA. Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter were the first.
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GA Assembly repealed laws that cut off funds for schools that integrated
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March for Jobs and Freedom Goals: Pressure congress to pass Civil Rights Bill, Advocate for civil rights like employment, education, and housing.
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President Kennedy sponsored new civil rights laws before he was assassinated. It was signed into law by President LBJ. Prohibited segregation in public places and discrimination in hiring, firing, and promotion. Gave the Federal Government the right to withhold funds from states that resisted the law.
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1,000,000 African Americans were registered to vote. Prohibited states from imposing any voting qualifications and from denying citizens the right to vote based on race.
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GA's Governor that was a segregationists, but put more African Americans into office than any other Governor in GA history.
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Dr. King was assassinated on the balcony of his hotel.
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Arguments threatened to overshadow the 1996 Olympic Games
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Sonny Perdue was the new GA Governor
