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Benjamin Mays
Benjamin Mays was the president of Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia from 1940 to 1967. -
Governor's Race/End of the White Primary
1946 was a beginning for African-Americans, they could vote for Governor. 1946 was also the beginning of the Three Governor’s Crisis. -
Herman Talmadge
The son of Eugene Talmadge. was a Democratic American politician from the state of Georgia. He served as the 70th Governor of Georgia. -
Brown vs Board of Education
The Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional. -
1956 State Flag
The Georgian state flag that was used from 1956 to 2001 featured a prominent Confederate battle flag. -
SNCC
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee was an important Civil Rights Movement in the 1960's. -
Sibley Commission
Ernest Vandiver Jr. made a decision either to close public schools ior not according to the General Assembly Committee on Schools. Because of the segregation things were getting out of control. -
Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes
1st two balck students to attend the University of Georgia -
March on Washington
During the time of August 1963, 250,000 people joined MLK Jr. and other Civil Rights activists in the March on Washington.It was to show the support and try to make the equality for the people. -
Andrew Young
1st African American elected to the House of Representatives since Reconstruction. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
New laws had finally ended segregation and in public places. Despite the new laws beiong passed, three years later Lester Maddox was elected in Georgia in 1967 and he was very popular with the people that still supported segregation. -
Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. was an American Baptist minister, activist, humanitarian, and leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement.
