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Benjamin Mays
While working on his doctorate, Mays and Joseph Nicholson published a study entitled The Negro's Church, the first sociological study of the black church in the United States. Four years later in 1938, he published The Negro's God as Reflected in His Literature.In 1940, Mays became the president of Morehouse College -
Herman Talmadge
was the 70th govenor in Geoargia for a small period in 1947 and then again in 1948 to 1955. Talmagde was then elected as U.S senate in 1957 untill 1981 -
Brown v Board of Education
The decision overturned the Plessy v. Ferguson decision of 1896, which allowed state-sponsored segregation, insofar as it applied to public education. -
State Flag
The Georgian state flag that was used from 1956 to 2001 featured a prominent Confederate battle flag and was designed by Democrat John Sammons Bell. The 1956 flag was adopted in an era when the Georgian General Assembly. -
Albany movement
The Albany Movement was a desegregation coalition formed in Albany, Georgia, on November 17, 1961, by local activists, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) -
March on Washington Washington
On August 28, 1963, more than 200,000 Americans gathered in Washington, D.C., for a political rally known as the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. The march, which became a key moment in the growing struggle for civil rights in the United States, culminated in Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech, a spirited call for racial justice and equality. -
Martin Luther king, Jr
King became a civil rights activist early in his career. He led the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott and helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1957, serving as its first president.On October 14, 1964, King received the Nobel Peace Prize for combating racial inequality through nonviolence.
