Road of Civil Rights

Benjamin Mays becomes president of Morehouse Colloge

Mar 30, 1940

He becomes president and greatly impacted MLK and encouraged students to challenge segergation.

White Primary was declared unconstitutional

Apr 1, 1946

The thought that white's were more superior than other races and that they were more important,was deemed unconstitutional on April 1st, 1946.

Three Governor Controversy

Dec 21, 1946

Argument on who should become governor of GA after Eugene Talmadge, the voted governor who didn't start office died. Between Ellis Arnall(previous governor), Herman Talmadge(Eugene's son), and Melvin Thompson(Lieutenant Governor).

Brown V. Board of education

May 17, 1954

Argument between African Americans and the board of education on whether to allow blacks and whites go to the same public schools resulting in the intergration of public schools.

1956 State Flag

Feb 13, 1956

GA's flag that dipicted the confederates flag on it, making people in GA look bad adn made them offended.

Sibley Commission

Mar 30, 1960

Group made by government to study the problem of intergration.

SNCC

Apr 2, 1960

Organization that reflected nationwide trends on black activism, without any violence.

Hamiliton Holmes into UGA

Jan 9, 1961

The first African American to be accepted into UGA.

Charlayne Hunter into UGA

Jan 9, 1961

The first African American women to be accepted into UGA.

Albany Movement

Oct 30, 1961

Movement in Albany by the groups NAACP, SNCC, and indivuduals where they protested segergation by sitting in white only seats.

March on Washington

Aug 28, 1963

Political demonstration where people marched to washington D.C. protesting racial demonstartion and led by Martin Luther King Jr. Martin had his "I Had a Dream Speech."

Civil Rigths Act

Jul 2, 1964

Act passed that made equallity between blacks and whites law.

Voting Rights Act

Aug 6, 1965

Act passed that gave all blacks the right to vote resulting in lots of African Americans joining the voting polls.

Lester Maddox becomes governor of GA

Mar 30, 1966

Lester Maddox becomes governor of GA and appoints more African Americans to state offices than previous governors.

Andrew Young became a congress man

Mar 30, 1972

Andrew Young was the first African American congressman in GA since Reconstruction and had a key role in bringing the lympics to GA.

Maynard Jackson is made mayor of Atlanta

Mar 30, 1974

Maynard Jackson was made the 1st African American Mayor of Atlanta and helped out GA's economy.