role of georgia in modern civil rights movement

By #2.5 clydez
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    civil rights era

  • ending of white primary in georgia

    The white primary elections were primary elections in which anyone who was non-white could not vote. white primaries were found in southern states after 1890

  • Brown vs board of education

    the brown vs board of education decision ruled that all public schools must be desegregated the supreme court said segregation denied equal opportunity toall groups

  • 1946 governors race

    the 1946 governors race was quite a fiasco. eugene talmadge passed b/c of ill health before he sworn in.

  • founding of snvcc

    was a group that encouraged young people to join the fight for civil rights by using nonviolence and direct standing sitting marching in groups are all forms of nonviolent action

  • UGA

    Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes, the first African American students admitted to the University of Georgia, arrived on campus to register for classes on January 9, 1961. Protests and riots by white students who were opposed to the university's desegregation resulted in a temporary suspension for Hunter and Holmes, but the two soon returned to campus after a series of court orders and began their studies. Both graduated in 1963.

  • 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

    On August 28, 1963, the world was revolutionized by a major protest of over 250,000 participants. Located in Washington D.C., the protesters met to form the largest gathering of people to that date. For many years to follow, this event has affected the future.

  • civil rights act

    The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is the nation's benchmark civil rights legislation, and it continues to resonate in America. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin. Passage of the Act ended the application of "Jim Crow" laws

  • election of maynard jackson

    Elected mayor of Atlanta in 1973, Maynard Jackson was the first African American to serve as mayor of a major southern city. Jackson served eight years and then returned for a third term

    Maynard Jackson
    in 1990