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White Primary is abolished in GA
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Integration of the Armed Forces
President Truman ordered that segregation between blacks and whites in the armed forces should be removed. http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/2775465?uid=3739616&uid=2129&uid=2&uid=70&uid=4&uid=3739256&sid=55836298233 -
Brown vs Board of Education
Fourteen families tried to enroll their b lack children into white schools (schools for black childern only) and were told they were not allowed only because of their race. These parents filed to sue the Topeka Board or Education because of racisim. White schools were taken better care of than any black school ever was, white schools had new textbooks, they had plenty school supplies. In 1954 the case closed and whites and blacks could go to the same schools.http://library.thinkquest.org/J011239 -
Rosa Parks and the Montgomery BusBoycott
in 1955, Rosa Parks (African American woman) was tired of being treated differntly form whites. So she decided to sit in the whites only part of the bus to boycott the segregation laws. Rosa Parks was arrested for doing this. http://www.holidays.net/mlk/rosa.htm -
Change to Georgia's state flag
In 1956, Georgians decided to change the state flage to a Confederate Battle flag. Blacks in Georgia found this flag racist and the flag had to be changed again. http://www.senate.ga.gov/sro/Documents/StudyCommRpts/00StateFlag.pdf -
Crisis at Central High School and the "Little Rock Nine"
In 1957, a group of blacks enrolled into Little Rock Nine. No blacks were allowed there because it was still racialy segregated. The first day of school other students would not allow them to come into the school building. The NAACP kept trying to enroll black students into "all-white" schools all over the south. Finally the Little Rock school board agreed to allow black students into "all-white" schools. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Rock_Nine -
Hebrew Benevolent Congregation in ATL bombed
A group of racists came to the decsion to bomb all building that had anything to do with blacks and jews.That morning they had fifty sticks of dymamite blow throw one of the walls of the building. They called and confessed to bombing the building just so people would know that they would destroy building tnat had to do with blacks and jews. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_the_Hebrew_Benevolent_Congregation_Temple -
Sibley Commission
The head of the Sibley Commission was John Sibley. In the beginging Georgi general assembly decied to stop state fundings to schools that had ben integrated. The Sibley coommission was created to learn the issues of school integration. They decided to interveiw georgians to figure out what they thought about the integration. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-2617 -
Freedom Rides
A group of people rode buses through the country along with other races because they wanted to test the United States transportation segregation laws. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-3618 -
Albany Movement
This movement occured in Albany, Georgia in 1961. It was lead by William G. Anderson. This movment was meant for people to realize that it is wrong to treat people differently because of their race. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albany_Movement -
Integration of The University of Georgia
In 1961 black students began to enroll in the University of Georgia. White students were scared for their saftey, and privacy. Administrators calmed down the white sudents and said that they would be safe and they would pay for anything damaged. The students were also told that it was wrong to be racist against blacks. http://crdl.usg.edu/events/uga_integration/?Welcome -
Birmingham, AL protests
A protest by the SCLC about the treatments of blacks in Birmingham, Alabama. This was the movement that MLK made his "I Have A Dream" speech about the unequal treatment of African-Americans in Alabama. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham_campaign -
March on Washington DC
This was when African-Americans Marched on the streets of Washington DC for freedom and jobs. This is when MLK delivered his "I Have A Dream" speech. There were 2,000-3,000 African-Americans on the streets of Washington DC that day. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_on_Washington_for_Jobs_and_Freedom -
John F. Kennedy assassinated
John F. Kennedy was our thirty-fifth president of the United States. He was assassinated on November 22, 1963 by Lee Harvey Oswald. Oswald was killed before he could ever stand trial. Oswald shot JFK and killed him, he planned on killing Gvornor Cannally also. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_John_F._Kennedy -
16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham bombed
In 1963, an African-American church was bombed killing four young girls. Many people didnt agree with integration. People thought this church should be bombed because the three students that were arrested during the 1963 Birmingham campaign's Children's Crusade were trained there. MLK met with his people there often, and racist thought it should be bombed so nothing could be of use of this church. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_Street_Baptist_Church_bombing -
Civil Rights Act 1964 passed
This was when the major laws of African-American women discrimination and racial differnces where abolished or outloawed. All schools, work places, churches, and hospitals had to end the discrimination and differences in the building. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964 -
Voting Rights Act of 1965 passed
In 1956, all African-American men had the right to vote. This was done to enforce the 15th amendment of the U.S. constitution. White women were allowed to vote but African-American women were not because of their race. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voting_Rights_Act -
Summerhill Race Riot (Atlanta)
This was a race riot that lasted four days in Atlanta. 40-50 blacks were killed during the riot and 2-3 Europeans we killed also. This was caused by the differences of blacks and whites in Atlanta. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta_Race_Riot -
MLK assassinated
In 1968, a man assassinated MLK Jr. because he was unhappy with how blacks were being treater more equaly due to MLKs "I Have A Dream" speech. The man that assassinated, James Earl Ray, was sentenced to 99 years in prision. He died in prison 29 years later at the age of 70.
