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White Primary is abolished in GA
my sourceThe white primary was a loophole around laws so whites and only whites could have a counting vote in a primary election. The US Supreme Court finally ruled that the white primary system was “unconstitutional” and should be removed. For the first year in Georgia, blacks had a counting vote. Pic Link http://www.thenorthstarnews.com/Content/101/voting1_thumb_thumb_thumb_thumb.png -
Integration of the armed forces
President Truman signed the executive order 9981 saying “It is hereby declared to be the policy of the President that there shall be equality of treatment and opportunity for all persons in the armed services without regard to race, color, religion, or national origin." Blacks and whites were integrated because Truman thought that the military would bring races together as one. Picture Link
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Brown vs Board of Education
info LinkThe Brown vs Board of Education was a court argument protesting that black schools were not treated the same as white schools unlike where the Jim Crow law stated that blacks and whites could be segregated as long as treated equally. The Supreme Court ruled that the best way to resolve this problem was to integrate blacks and white into the same schools. Picture Link
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Change to Georgia's state flag
information linkIn 1956, the state senators Jefferson Lee Davis and Willis Harden signed the senate bill no. 98 which proposed that a new state flag honoring the confederate soldiers. Because the flag represented the Confederacy, people thought of it as racist to black citizens. In 2001, a new flag was created to get rid of the pevious and discriminating flag. picture Link
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Rosa Parks and the Montgomery BusBoycott
info linkThe Montgomery BusBoycott was a potest in Alabama and other southern states protesting against segregation on the public transportation. The whole conundrum started when a women by the name Rosa Parks was on a public transportation. She was sitting and down and wouldnt give up her seat for a white man and was arrested. The alligation went to Supreme Court and ruled that blacks may sit virtually anywhere they publicly were allowed to. Picture Link
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Crisis at Central High School and the“Little Rock Nine”
Info sourceThe Little Rock Nine started when a national gaurd denied the entry of an African-American to the Central Highschool. The case then went to court and finally rule that the nine blacks that were denied from Litlle Rock HighSchool were allowed to enroll in. For their safety, President Eisenhower sent army troops to protect the nine blacks that entered Central High. Picture Link
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Hebrew Benevolent Congregation in ATLbombed
Info sourceOn October 12th, 1958, a Jewish synagogue was bombed with over 50 sticks of dynamite. The Jewish synagogue was known for being one of the oldest and wealthiest syangogues in Atlanta. After the bombing happened, the "Underground Confederates" anounced they bombed the syanagogue and said they would bomb any Jewish, nigro, or Communist places and buildings. Rabbi Jaocb Rothschild joined together with MLK to help the Civil Rights Integration movement Picture Info http://tinyurl.com/7vje6f6 -
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Sibley Commission
info linkGeorgia Governor Ernest Vandiver Jr. was forced to make a decision between integrating Georgia's public schools or dropping state funding for them. Because he could'nt decide which one to choose from, he created the Sibley Commission. He set out to get the peoples opinions what to decide on then send the results to the governor. The majority of the people voted to keep the schools segregated. Pic Link http://tinyurl.com/82x52d4 -
Integration of The University of Georgia
info linkOn January 6th, 1961, Federal Court ruled that Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter who were both black to be enrolled in the University of Georgia. This order precipitated the Constitutional Law stating that any white school who admitted a black student would have their state funds cut off. The the other white students in the university were angry and threatened the 2 black students for months.
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Freedom Rides
info LinkA group of blacks and whites joined together to test the desegregation of buses theory. They went masny different places but were met by almost the same thing of mobs and furious crownds. They would beat them up and one time took over the bus. Pic Link http://www.core-online.org/historyphotos/burning_bus.gif -
Albany Movement
info linkThe Albany Movement was multiply protests in Albany, Georgia. More then 750 arrests happened because people were protesting about the segregation laws. In 1964, the city finally ended the segregation in Albany. The key learder that occomplished this was MLK. Pic Link http://www.visionaryproject.org/timeline/timeline_content/images/031a-lg.jpg -
Birmingham, AL protests
info linkMLK and Bull Connor came together to start a non-violent protest. Their plan was to make the police use force which would cause anger to the people and to raise praise for their cause. Pic Link http://www.newyorkpersonalinjuryattorneyblog.com/NYPIAB/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Birmingham-Water-hoses1.jpg -
March on Washington DC
Info LinkThe March on Washington DC was a march for the civil rights cause. It was held to cause pressure on authorities to rush the civil rights cause. This was also the place where MLK gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech. Pic Link http://images.publicradio.org/content/2008/08/28/20080828_mlkingmarch_33.jpg -
16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham bombed
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Ku Klux Klan. Unlike the Hebrew Temple Bombing, this one killed 24 people. The 4 men brought to justice and arrested. Pick Link http://images.icnetwork.co.uk/upl/birmmail/nov2009/1/1/image-8-for-birmingham-pub-bombings-gallery-433108049.jpg -
John F. Kennedy assassinated
info linkThe killing occured during a drive with President Kennedy and the First Woman to a luncheon in Dallas, Texas. While driving there, President Kennedy was shot in the head and neck and died. The acused killer was Lee Harvey Oswald. While being sent to the County Jail he was too shot and killed. Pic link http://crimemagazine.com/images/539w.jpg -
Civil Rights Act 1964 passed
Info Link The act state that discrimination and occupations was illegal and everyone should be treated with equal rights. The act was put into place by President Johnson. Pic Link http://wikihistoria.wikispaces.com/file/view/1153714943_0850.jpg/68138549/1153714943_0850.jpg -
Voting Rights Act of 1965 passed
info linkThe Voting Rights Act of 1965, which was passed by President Johnson, gave equal voting rights for blacks and whites. This was passed because many blacks were'nt given fair voting rights such as whites do. At the end of 1965, over 250,000 blacks had voted. Pic link http://core-online.org/historyphotos/voting_photo.jpg -
Summerhill Race Riot (Atlanta)
Info LinkThe riot started in a small neighborhood by the name of Summerhill. It all satrted when a black male was running away from a white cop and was shot. The angered other blacks and caused a riot. At the end, over a 100 men were arrested. Pic Link http://tinyurl.com/7qf5yvd -
MLK assassinated
Info LinkOn April 4, 1968, MLK was assassinated by a sniper by the name of James Ray in Maphis, Tennessee. Shortly after this incedent occured, riots broke out all across the country bringing over $50,000,000 worth of property damage and claiming 39 lives. On April 9th, his funeral was held in Atlanta, Georgia. Pic Link http://tinyurl.com/7l4eqn3 -
all GA schools integrated
info linkThe integration of the schools started because of the Brown vs. Board of Education case. However many attempts were made to stop or slow down the integration progress. Once started, many riots and mobs started to frighten and stop the integration progress. After a few years of integration, the protesting died down. Pic link http://tinyurl.com/7qwed7v
