-
Benjamin Mays
Benjamin Mays was an African-American minister, educator, social activist, scholor, and is better known to be a mentor to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.,who was a famous social activist. When Mays was a president of the Morehouse College King was there at the same time and Martin Luther King recieved mentoring from Mays. -
Three Governers Controversy
In 1946 Eugene Talmadge, a favorite by many Georgians, died right after being elected, three other people wanted to be the governer. Melvin Thompson who was the lieutenant governer thought he should be governer.Then Ellis Arnall thought since he was the previous governer he should stay in office. The people wanted the son of Eugene, Herman Talmadge. The people all wrote in his name for the next election, and he was the governer for that term. -
Brown v. Board of Education
In 1954, a mix of 5 lawsuits that were african americans trying to sue the Board of Education because they believed it was unconstitutional to keep their child out of an all white school.This case was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court and it sparked the integration of schools all across America. -
Georgia's State Flag
Democratic Party leader John Sammons Bell tried to get the right part of the state flag to show the Confederate battle flag. When it was in the middle of getting past the Brown v. Board of Education trial concluded and with the integration of schools, this made the good old southern boys mad so the way they expressed their anger was by passing the flag that could be protruded as racist. -
Sibley Commision
In 1960 Gov. Ernest Vandiver was forced to decide to integrate all public schools or they would have to be shut down according to the federal order.The sibley comission was set up to gauge attitudes towards desegregating public schools. -
SNCC
In 1960 the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Comitee was estabolished to try and fight for equal rights between races. They had many protests including the Albany Movement where Charles Sherrod and Cordell Reagon came to Albany to try and integrate public transportation systems. -
Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter
holmes and hunter on campuss After the Brown v. BOE trial was through, schools were being forced to desegregate. One school that had to desegregate like the rest was UGA. Holmes and Hunter were the first two African-Americans who were accepted into the University. Even though there was much hate the two students persued and Holmes even went to Emory 2 years later. -
The March on Washington
watch video on march on washington The massive rally was a nonviolent protest for equall rights for jobs and political and social freedoms. Led by famous activist Martin Luther King Jr., this march was started to support the passing of the Civil Rghts Act. It was basically a big celebration that also had one of the most famous speeches of all time in it. -
The Civil Rights Act
watch this about civil rights act This act was passed due to many protests that opened up the governments eyes. This act made it against the law to discriminate anyone by race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. This was the outcome of the work of many famous social activists including MLK who was killed not long after the act was passed. -
Lester Maddox
An underdog at the polls somehow found a way to succeed in 1966 when Lester Maddox was elected governer. He was a white politician who was against segregation. This man in fact appointed more african-american into government positions thatn all other governers combined. -
Maynard Jackson
Maynard Jackson was elected mayor in 1973. He was the first African-American mayor in Atlanta, Ga. This Democrat served 3 terms and a total of twelve years as mayor of Atlanta.
