The Civil Rights Movement

Herman Talmadge is elected for the 1st time

Mar 15, 1947

The time Herman Talmadge served after being elected for the 1st time

Period: Mar 15, 1947 to Mar 15, 1954

Georgia Encyclopedia

The Civil Rights Movement

Period: Mar 16, 1954 to Mar 15, 1968

Brown VS Board of Education

Mar 17, 1954

This was the trial that helped get rid of the Jim Crow laws

Georgia State Flag

Mar 17, 1954

Georgia changed their state flag to offend the black population

SNCC is formed

Feb 1, 1960

SNCC The Student Non-Violent Coordinating Commitee consisted of high school-college aged students and they would plan nonviolent protests

Huter to UGA

Jan 9, 1961

Hunter went to UGA to become the first black male allowed to attend UGA.

The March on Washington

Aug 28, 1963

More than 200,000 people gathered in Washington D.C. and Martin Luther King Jr. Spoke the very famous "I Have A Dream" speech.

MLK's assassination

Apr 4, 1968

MLK was assassinated

Maynard Jackson is elected

Mar 17, 1974