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Benjamin Mays
Interesting video on biography of Mays.Alive from 1894-1984. In 1940, Mays became the president of the Morehouse college. He taught Martin Luther King Junior and was a very important civil rights leader. He spoke out about segregation before the Civil Rights movement. He was also a priest. -
3 Governors' Controversy
This controversy was between 1946-1947 and was about the election of the new governor. The 3 people that were trying to become governor were Herman Talmadge (son of Eugene Talmadge), Melvin Thompson (Lieutenant governor) and Ellis Arnall (the present governor who stayed in office). The new governor had already been elected, Eugene Talmadge, but he died before he took oath in office. Herman said that he found votes somewhere for him to win.Tthe lieutenant governor should have become the governor. -
Herman Talmadge
Alive from 1913-2002. He was governor for a brief time in 1947 and again governor in 1948-1954. He was the son of Eugene Talmadge. During his time as governor, the state had its first sales tax which funded the public school systems. Like many southerners, Talmadge did not like the public system or the idea of desegregation. -
Brown vs. Board of Education
The transcript of the case ruling.In this supreme court case, the ruling was that segregation in public schools is illegal. This contradicted another case ruled by the supreme court, the Plessy vs. Ferguson case. -
1956 state flag
The state flag was changed to a similar design of the confederate flag to show their hatred towards black people. This bill was mainly passed because the bill was after the Brown vs Board of Education case that made segregation unconstitutional, which made the southerners angry. -
Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
Interesting video of SNCCOne of the most popular civil rights organizations during that time. Was mostly high school and college people. They did non-violent and peaceful protests and changes like freedom rides and sit-ins. They also started the Albany Movement. -
Sibley Commission
This was after the Brown vs Board of Education. The government did not want segregation. Governor Vandiver created a committee, that Sibley was in charge of, to monitor what the Georgians thinked about whether federally-mandated integration is better than shutting down the public schools. More than half of the Georgians at that time believed it would have been better ot shut down the schools. -
Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter
Both of these talented African Americans who were highly qualified for UGA were declined to attend due to their race. They took their case to the Supreme Court which ruled that they were allowed to attend. In 1961, they became the first 2 black people to attend UGA. -
Albany Movement
This event was when the activists in the SNCC all gathered up in Albany and tried to do non-violent protests. Eventually many people were jailed at this event and no one was left to protest. This taught the activists many lessons of non-violent protesting. -
March on Washington
The "I have a dream" speech by MLK was spoken here. Many activists gathered in the country's capital to show support of a new bill. The bill was made by John F. Kennedy, and its purpose was to give more jobs. The march eventually led to the passage of two very important acts, Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting RIghts of 1965 -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Here is a transcript of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 The Civil Rights Act of 1964 forbade the discrimination of different races, sexes, colors and religons in employment and public places. It did not end discrimination, but was very important and helped in ending it. Even though the 13th, 14th and 15th amendment helped slaves and tried to remove discrimination, the states created Jim Crow laws to bypass these amendments. In schools, discrimination and segragation was common, so the Civil Rights act removed segregation from schools. -
Lester Maddox
Lester Maddox was a Georgia governor that showed improvement in society. He employed more African Americans than any other governor and opposed segregation. -
Martin Luther Kind Jr.
A short biography of MLK
He was a very important civil rights leader. He participated in many Civil Rights Movements events like the March on Washington. He became the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace prize. He lived from 1929-1968. He was assassinated in 1968. -
Maynard Jackson as Mayor of Atlanta
He was the first African American Mayor of Atlanta. He helped expand the Atlanta airport by a lot for a low budget. That is why it is called Hartsfield-Jackson Airport. Since he was African American, it showed how much Georgia had grown from overcoming racism. He also helped in getting the Olympics to be in Atlanta. -
Andrew Young
Young was a Civil Rights leader that constantly worked and aided MLK. He then became a mayor in 1981. During this time, he was very important in making Atlanta known internationally.
