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Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter to UGA 1941-1995
Hamilton Holmes is best known for desegregating Georgia's universities. One of the first 2 african americans adminited in to UGA. -
3 Governor's Issue
Eugene Taldmage was elected for his fourth term as governor but he died before he could take office, and 3 people were claiming to be governor. The georgia supreme court ruled that Thompson would server till the new election. -
Governor's Race/End of the White Primary
It forced Georgia to allow African-Americans to vote in the Democratic primary. They wanted their p[riamry's to be a seperate club. Governor Ellis Arnall prevented that from happening, and the white primary neared its end but it will be very hard to acomplish this task. -
Herman Talmadge
Herman Talmadge served as governor for a short time in early 1947 and again from 1948 to 1954 In 1956 Talmadge was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1956 Talmadge was elected to the U.S. Senate till he was defeated in 1980. -
Brown v. Board of Education
Supreme court case that ruled seperate white and black schools to be unconstitutional and to be illigal. -
Martin Luther King Jr.
He led the Montgomery Bus Boycott. He was also a American baptist minister, activist, and huminitarian. Helped organize the March on Washington where he have his Famous "I Have a Dream" speach. -
State Flag
Got a new flag because most of the southerners thought it was racist and it needed a change. -
Sibley Commission
Governor Ernest Vandiver Jr. to make public schools to decide to desegregate or they would be forced to close. -
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
A peaceful protesting movement/group from the 1960's. -
Albany Movement
First masive movent on the atempt to desegregate entire comunities, but it resulted in many african americans to be jailed nearly 1,000 in Albany. -
March on Washinhton
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. -
Civil Rights Act
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was a revolutionary piece of legislation in the United States that effectively outlawed egregious forms of discrimination against African Americans and women, including all forms of segregation. -
Lester Maddox
Lester Maddox. Brought to office in 1966 by widespread dissatisfaction with desegregation, Maddox surprised many by serving as an able and unquestionably colorful chief executive. -
Maynard Jackson as Mayor of Atlanta
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. -
Andrew Young
Andrew Young's lifelong work as a politician, human rights activist, and businessman has been in great measure responsible for the development of Atlanta's reputation as an international city.
