Civil Right Movement

Civil Rights Movement

Period: Jan 1, 1946 to Dec 31, 1971

White Primary

Apr 1, 1946

White primaries were primary elections in Georgia where any black voter was not allowed to vote in. White primaries in Georgia started in April of 1946. The United States Supreme Court assumed that the white primary was constitutional, but only 9 years later, the supreme court decided that the white primary was against the constitution. Resource <a href='http://media.web.britannica.com/eb-media/30/95330-004-FECE87B6.jpg' >Photo</a

Integration of Armed Forces

Feb 25, 1948

Started in 1947 president Truman decided to end segregation the armed forces. In July, he issued Executive Order 9981sriving to end the discrimination.Resource <a href='http://www.trumanlibrary.org/photographs/72-3952.jpg' >Photo</a

Brown Vs. Board Of Education

May 17, 1954

Linda Brown, A black third grader form kansas, had to walk one mile to her bus stop every mornring becasue she had to go to an all blacks school. The browns along with people disliked the segregation in schools so they decided to sue. This made the schools relized it was unconstiuional and the school was later intergrated. Resource Photo

Rosa Parks and the Mongomery Bus Boycott

Dec 1, 1955

The Montgomery Bus Boycott started becasue black people were upset with the segrecation on public transporttaion vechiles.Rosa Parks was ordered to move to the back of a bus to make room for a white person. She refused and was arrested. Rosa ended up recieveing a fine of $14. The bus boycott was where blacks stopped ridding buses. The blacks payed the most money for buses. Resource Photo

Change to Georgia's State Flag

Mar 5, 1956

In 1955 People wanted to insert part of the confederate flag into the states flag. Three state senators created and introduced the bill.Georgians thought it would honor the importance of the civil war. Others belived it was a symbol of Georgians hatred toawrd the intergation of the schools. Resource Photo

Little Rock Nine Crisis

Aug 10, 1957

Little Rock Nine was a group of black students that were enrolled to Little Rock Central High School. The Students denied entry into the school. The were later allowed after an intervetion by President Eisenhower.After the decision all black students were enrolled into white schools. one the the little rock nine,Ernest Green was the first African American to graduate form Little Rock Central High School. Photo

Bombing at Hebrew Benevolent Congregation in ATL

Oct 12, 1958

The Temple" in Atlanta ,Georgia was bombed on October 12, Aftere the Bombing a staff member of th UPI recived this call "We bombed a temple in Atlanta. This is the last empty building in Atlanta we will bomb. All nightclubs refusing to fire their Negro employees will also be blown up. Negroes and Jews are hereby declared aliens.".The rabbi was friends with MLK. Resource Photo

Sibley Commision

Aug 10, 1960

The Sibley Commission was set up by Vandiver in 1960 to change Georgia's attitudes towards desegregating the public school system. Vandiver accepted the Commissions findings, which were to intergrat the schools. When Vandiver ordered UGA to close it's doors in response to forced integration, attitudes about closing public schools changed. Resource Photo

Freedom Rides

May 4, 1961

Freedom riders are cilil rights activ ist who are against segregation on public buses. The rides ride the bus to make other people mad and to test the goverment. The were protesting against segregation on the buses. These rides were a spark that ended transportation segregation.Resource
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Intergreation of UGA

May 4, 1961

W. A. Bootle ordered the admission of Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter to UGA. Bootle's decision started a crisis, the state passed a law several years earlier threatening cut-off of funds to any white school that admitted a black student. Order prevailed on campus until January 11,when a mob gathered outside Hunter's dormitory, causing damage and bad publicity for the university.The law was now lifted. Resource Photo

Albany Movement

Nov 1, 1961

People in Albany, Georgia started campaign to end segregation in all of life. The movement captured the nation’s attention one month later when the leaders invited Martin Luther King Jr. to join. Some have identified the movement as a formative learning experience for King and other civil rights organizers, and credited it with the desegregation of Albany. Resource Photo

Birmingham Protest

Mar 8, 1963

The Birmingham campaign was a movement by the SCLC to bring attention to the unequal treatment that black americans recived in Birmingham, Alabama. On May 8 white business leaders agreed to most of the protesters' demands. Two bombs were set off trying to kill king. He made it alive.
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March on Washington

Aug 28, 1963

The March on was one of the largest l rallies for civil rights in US history and called for civil and economic rights for blacks. The march was organized by a group of civil rights, labor, and religious organizations. It took place in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, August 28, 1963. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech bringing ”racial harmony” at the Lincoln Memorial during the march. Resource Photo

16th street Baptist church

Sep 15, 1963

On Sunday, September 15, 1963,members of the Ku Klux Klan planted 19 sticks of dynamite outside the basement of the church. They bombed the church because it is a predominately black church and it was also a meeting place for civil rights leaders.
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Assassination of JFK

Nov 22, 1963

John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, was assassinated on Friday, November 22, 1963, in Dealey Plaza, Dallas, Texas. The killer was Lee Harvey Oswald. He never made it to trial because he was shot.
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Civil Rights Act of 1964

Jul 2, 1964

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was signed July 2,1964. It was signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was a Act in the United States that outlawed major forms of discrimination against African Americans and women, including racial segregation. Resource Photo

Voting Act of 1965

Aug 6, 1965

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a landmark piece of national legislation in the United States that outlawed discrimination in voting practices that had been responsible for the widespread disrespect of African Americans in the U.S. It was signed into affect on August 6,1965 by Lyndon B,. Johnson. Resource Photo

SummerHill Race Riot

Mar 13, 1966

This Riot started because of the death of a black man who was a suspected car theif.The riots resulted in one death and twenty injuries. Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. went to the area during the riot, pleaded with rioters, and worked with police and local black leaders to restore order in the area. Resource Photo

Assassination of MLK

Mar 29, 1968

MLK was in memphis at a rally for black workers who were on strike. After the riot he was in hotel room 306 and a man shot him in the head. He was later pronounced dead at St Josephs Hospital. James Earl Ray was the killer and he was sentenced to 99 years in prision. Resource Photo

All GA Schools intergrated

Mar 13, 1971

All Georgia's schools were integrated by 1971 causeing an end to segregation in Georgia. The teachers and students were black and white and were both treated equaly. Resource Photo