modern georgia & civil rights

By oklee

  • Benjamin Mays

    Benjamin Mays
    Benjamin served as president of the Atlanta board of education. Lived his long life from 1894 to 1984.

  • Lester Maddox

    Lester Maddox
    Lester became govener of Georgia in 1967. He supported segeration and fought against interiagtion. Although he did appoint some African Americans to te state goverment bards and comminisons.

  • Andrew Young

    Andrew Young
    Andrew was the first Black congressman elected from Georgia since Reconstruction. He served as mayor of Atlanta. He was instructmental in heling Atlanta win the 1996 Olymipics bid.

  • Maynard Jackson

    Maynard Jackson
    Maynard Jackson was the first African American elected mayor of a major southern city. He bcame Mayor in 1974

  • Governers race/end white prmary

    In 1946 goverment ruled out white primary,and white primary was offically ended.people sritved for years to get this.This was great news to african american, although some whites were extremely angry.

  • Herman Talamadge

    Herman Talamadge
    Herman Talamadge was governer in Georgia 1947,1948-1954. Aftert being governer he was on us senate to represent GA. Durning his years in the senate he opposed civil rights legislation.

  • Brown V. Board of Education

    Brown V. Board of Education
    http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=brown+v+board+of+education&qsThis event is when goverment voted seprete but equal was clearly unfair. This led to disegeration in schools.

  • state flag

    state flag
    in 1956, georgia state flag was changed to include the st.Andrews cross a confederate battele symbol. The flag changed in 2001 and 2003 again.

  • Sibely Commission

    Sibely Commission
    The Sibely Commission is organized by Georgias general assembly. The Commision held stae wide hearings to enage others to ntergrate schools. Most of the citizens asid they rather close public schools then intergrate them.

  • Hamilton Homes and Charlayne Hunter to UGA

    Hamilton Homes and Charlayne Hunter to UGA
    http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=hamilton+holmes+and+charlayne+hunter+to+uga&qs=Hamilton Homes and Charlayne Hunter were the first African Americans to attend UGA.

  • SNCC

    SNCC
    http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=sncc+civilSNCC stands for student nonviolent coodnating committee. In 1961 SNCC particiapted in freedom rides to test the legality of segerated bus terminals.

  • Albany Movement

    Albany Movement
    The Albany movemnt was organized to bring attation about the segarted bus and train terminalsin albany georgia. Resulting in the appointment of a barical committee to adress concerrns of the african American communtity.

  • march on washington

    march on washington
    href='http://http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=march+on+washington+civil+rights+movement&FORM=HDRSC3#view=detail&mid=B7D58280B94788A2B215B7D58280B94788A2B215' >http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=march+on+washington+civil+rights+movement&FORM=HDRSC3#view=detail&mid=B7D58280B94788A2B215B7D58280B94788A2B215</a>Marthin luther king jr, a minister of atalnta who led non violet protests,lead the march on washington. At this march he gave his famous "i have a dream" speech , attended by 250,000 people. the march was a protest and what turned into be a celebration.

  • Civil Rights Act

    Civil Rights Act
    http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=civil+rights+act&qsThis act outlawed segeration in all public facilities and declared job descrimination illegal. This law was sighned by President Lyndon B. Johnson.