Segregation and Civil Rights

Segregation and Civil Rights

Period: Jan 1, 1930 to Dec 31, 1981

Segregation and Civil Rights by Brandon Kennedy

Benjamin Mays along with Joseph Nicholson publish

Oct 13, 1933

Ben MaysBenjamin Mays and coauthor Joseph Nicholson publish a study "The Negro's Church"

Benjamin Mays becomes president of Morehouse College

Apr 1, 1940

Ben Mays

Georgia Creates A New Constitution

Sep 18, 1945

Eugene Talmadge elected, dies before taking office

Nov 20, 1946

1946 Three Governor's Race

Nov 25, 1946

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Herman Talmadge served brief governor term in 1947

Feb 5, 1947

H TalmadgeShort Term

M.E. Thompson is said to be "proper" Governor

Mar 17, 1947

Herman Talmadge elected Governor

Jan 28, 1948

H Talmadge

Election for the Three Governor's Controversy

Jul 9, 1948

Herman Talmadge holds Governor's office

Period: Jan 28, 1949 to Jan 27, 1954

Brown vs. Board of Education trial

Period: Jan 1, 1954 to Dec 31, 1954

Brow v. Board of EducationBoard unanimously upheld the decision of racial segregation and they violated the Equal Protection Clause of 14th amendment

Herman Talmadge elected to U.S. Senate

Jan 28, 1956

Elected to U.S. Senate

Lester Maddox races against incumbent William Hartsfield

Nov 16, 1957

Lester MaddoxMaddox lost the mayoral election

SNCC created

Jan 1, 1960

SNCC was one of the key organizations to the Civil Rights Movement

Period: Jan 1, 1960 to Dec 31, 1969

SNCCSNCC

Ernest Vandiver Jr. forced to make a difficult decision

Apr 14, 1960

Sibley CommissionVandiver Jr. is forced to make a decision between closing public schools or to desegregate them

Holmes and Hunter apply for classes

Jan 9, 1961

Hunter and Holmesstudents chanted "2,4,6,8... We don't want to integrate!"

Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter

Jan 17, 1961

Hunter and HolmesHolmes and Hunter become first African-American students at the University of Georgia

Albany Movement

Period: Sep 1, 1961 to Aug 31, 1962

Albany MovementFirst Mass Movement in the modern Civil Rights era. The goal was to desegregate the community

Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "I Have A Dream Speech"

Aug 28, 1963

MLKMLK "I Have A Dream"

Civil Rights Act

Apr 14, 1964

Civil Rights ActCongress passes an Act stating that people cannot be descriminated by race or sex as firing, hiring, or raising.

Maynard Jackson elected

Apr 15, 1964

Maynard Jackson
Maynard Jackson is the first African American to be a Governor in a Major Southern State

Lester Maddox and supporters turn away three black activists

Jul 3, 1964

Lester Maddox

Martin Luther King Jr. wins Nobel Peace Prize for his activism

Jul 5, 1964

MLKMLK accepts Nobel Peace Prize

MLK Assassinated

Apr 4, 1968

MLKMLK assassinationMLK was assassinated in 1968. He was in Memphis, TN. He was shot

Benjamin Mays President of Atlanta Board of Education

Period: Jan 1, 1970 to Dec 31, 1981

Ben Mays

Andrew Young

Nov 20, 1981

Andrew Young Andrew young elected Georgia's Mayor in 1981