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Benjamin Mays President of Morehouse College
Video About Benjamin MaysBenjamin Mays was most likely best known for being the longtime president at Morehouse College. He was a mentor to Martin Luther King Jr and was a strong speaker of civil rights during his career. He retired in 1967 and was a political speaker and lecturer until his death in 1984. -
1946 Governors Race
Herman Talmadge Comments on the Governor RaceEllis Arnall, Herman Talmadge, and Eugene Talmadge all wanted to be governor in 1946. At the time Eugene was in bad health and died before his inauguration in 1947. Supporters of the Talmadges voted Herman as a write-in canidate for the election, and he won. Arnall and Talmadge both claimed to be governor after the election. The Senate finally stated that Melvil Thompson was the rightful governor in March of 1947. -
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Herman Talmadge Serves as State Governor
Herman Talmadge was the son of the late Eugene Talmadge. He was reelected for governor after serving his first term, helped to start taxes that expanded education and began the timber industry in Gerogia. He was against desegregation and kept schools segregated until 1954. -
Brown v. Board of Education (Part 1)
Video About Brown v. Board of Education Brown v. Board of Education was a large court case that occurred in 1954 that ended segregation of children in schools. In December 1952, the US Supreme Court was dealing with 5 cases of school segregation under the name Brown et al v. the Board of Education of Topeka. The court discussed this case until their end term in June 1953, and decided to rehear in in December. -
Brown v. Board of Education (Part 2)
During the wait until December, Chief Justice Fred Vinson died and was replaced by Gov. Earl Warren of California who persuaded the court to declare segregation of schools unconstitutional in the 1953 rehearing. On May 15th, 1954, he made his final decision stating that ‘separate but equal has no place’ and that segregation of schools was to end. -
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1956 State Flag
1956 Flag Current State Flag In 1955, state attorney John Sammons Bell started a campaign to replace the Confederate symbol on the state flag for red and blue bars. The flag idea passed through the Legislature without trouble and had no public hearings, -
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Herman Talmadge Served on Senate
Herman Talmadge served on the Georgia Senate until his defeat in 1980. He was denounced from the senate in 1979 for financial misconduct. -
First riding of an integrated bus
People riding on integrated buses Martin Luther King Jr. became one of the first people to ride an integrated bus in the US. -
Sibley Commission (Part 1)
In 1960, Governor Erenest Vandiver Jr. had to make a decision between closing public schools or complying with the federal order to desegregate them. Vandiver asked state representivie Geroge Busbee to create a General Assembly Committee on Schools, more formally known as the Sibley Commission. The Sibley Commission was strongly against desegregation, and tried many ways to stop integration of schools. John Sibley was chosen to head the commission for being opposed to desegregation. -
Sibley Commission (Part 2)
Ernest Vandiver Many votes took place on whether or not to desegregate schools, but no real integration took place until the late 1960s. The Sibley Commission helped to prevent large amounts of violence that came with desegregation. -
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Albany Movement
Newspaper after the Albany MovementThe Albany Movement was a mass movement on desegreagation in 1961 that resulted in the jailing of more than 1,000 African Americans from 1961-62. The SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee) played a large part in the Albany Movement with helping blacks have rights. They protested in many other towns after the movement against white power structures. -
Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne (Part 2)
In 1961, both Hamilton and Charlayne were notified that in a court hearing they were allowed immediate enrollment into UGA due to the fact that 'they would have been admitted if it had not been for their race and color'. They became the first enrolled African Americans in the school's history. Many students taunted them and said racial slurs aftr their arrival. They two were able to attend classes anyways and went on with their their careers. -
Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne (Part 1)
Hamilton Holmes is best known for desegregating Georgia's universities, along with being one of the first African Americans to be admitted to UGA along with Charlayne Hunter-Gault. Hamilton and Charlayne were classmates at Georgia State College of Business Administration, but later decided to apply for UGA. They were denied, and went off to different schools. -
March On Washington
Video about The March on WashingtonThe March On Washington was a walk where many people from all over the US walked to Washington DC to protest on segreagation. Martin Luther King Jr. led the event that day and made his famous 'I Have A Dream' speech. King was later assassinated on April 4th, 1968. Martin Luther King Jr. Day is now celebrated on January 20th since 1986. -
Lester Maddox
Lester Maddox was the Governor of Georgia in 1966. Before his governorship, he ran against Maynard Jackson for mayor. He also ran for lieutenant governor in 1962, but was defeated. As governor, Maddox greaty funded UGA. Maddox was against rights for blacks, and refused to lower flags at half mast for Martin Luther King Jr's funeral in fear of riots. Even after his governorship, he was still favored as a favorite governor. -
Andrew Young
Young was a member of the US congress and a mayor of Atlanta. He was the first African American to be elected to Congress from Georgia. Young helped to aid poor people, and focus more on human rights than economics in the government. In 1981, he was elected Mayor of Atlanta and started a rise in black political power, He was reelecteed in 1985, but lost in 1990. He is currently a professor at GSU. -
Maynard Jackson Mayor of Atlanta
Maynard Jackson was elected Mayor of Atlanta in 1973. He was the first African American to serve as mayor in any major southern city. He served eight years then returned for another term following the mayorship of Andrew Young. Even after leaving office, Jackson was a large influence on politics. Jackson wanted to insure that smaller businesses got more municipal contracts. He also built the major airport Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport,
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