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the US Supreme Court declared segregated schools unconstitutional and the General Assembly stopped funding and let the governor close any segregated schools
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racists didn't like the ruling of the US court so the made their flag with the confederate symbol on it which was declared racist
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nine black students were enrolled into an all white school (Little Rock) due to the previous court ruling of Brown vs. Board of Education
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founded by African-Americans for the civil rights movement. Most members were ministers and pastors
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made up of high school and college students who worked to get African Americans into the General Assembly and focused on orchestrating peaceful, nonviolent protests
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pushed for Georgia's schools to desegregate
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two high school students applied to go to UGA but were rejected due to race so they took it to court and they won and they went to school at UGA and graduated
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many African-Americans started to test the segregationist policies in the cities and protested but were jailed by whites and city police
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civil rights activists went to Washington DC to promote their cause for civil rights legislation
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forbade discrimination on the basis of sex and race in hiring, promoting and firing
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prohibited states from imposing any voting qualifications on voting or deny the right of any citizen of the United States to vote on account of race or color
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Lester beat Elis Arnall for governor and he gave many African-Americans a government position
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Maynard Jackson; first black mayor of major southern city, helped promote black-owned businesses and added more black police to the cit of ATL
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Was active in the Civil Rights Movement and primarily focused on voter registration drives. He became the mayor of ATL in 1981. Helped to grow the city and continue growth and national and international prestige and helped bring the Olympics to GA