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Brown vs. Board of Education
Click to see Brown vs. Board of Education VideoThis was a group of 5 legal appeals that were argued to change the "separate but equal" rights of the whites and blacks. -
Herman Talmadge
Herman Talmadge was elected for his first term as U.S. Senate. He wanted to keep the people segregated. He mainly focused his terms on protecting the rural things in America. He was also involved in the 3 Governor's Controversy in 1947. -
Georgia State Flag
In 1955, an Atlanta attorney proposed an idea of a new flag that incorporated the Confederate Battle Flag. Many people opposed this idea. The Senate Bill No. 98 was signed into law on this date. The Georgia flag then became what you see here with the Great Seal of the State of Georgia stamped on it. -
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Sibley Commission
In 1960 Georgia governor, Ernest Vandiver, Jr., had to make a decision whether to close down public schools or desegregate them. In order to avoid conflict with the federal government, he ordered the General Assembly to create the General Assembly Committee on Schools. John Sibley was selected to lead the committee, giving it the Sibley Commission name. In January 1961, Governer Vandiver introduced a bill that accepted the Commission's recommendations for desegregation in schools. -
Integration of UGA
Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter became the first two African Americans to join the University of Georgia. The crown outside chanted, "Two, four, six, eight... We don't want to integrate!" Walter Danner, UGA's registrar at the time, rejected their applications that they repeatedly submittted. They held a trial against him in September of 1960, and finally were accepted into UGA. -
Albany Movement
In this movement that lasted until the summer of 1962, their goal was to desegregate the Alabany community. Martin Luther King Jr. later joined the movement in December, hoping to reach the movement's goal. They never met the goal, but Martin Luther King Jr. would later take the lessons he learned to Birmingham, AL. -
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Death of Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. was a very influencial African American leader in the civil rights movement. One of his teachers that taught him many of his valuable lessons was Benjamin Mays at Morehouse College. Martin Luther King Jr. was assasinated in Memphis, TN. -
Maynard Jackson
Watch a video about Maynard Jackson In 1973, Maynard Jackson was the first African American elected as mayor of Atlanta. He served 2 consecutive terms and then later returned in 1990 to take office after mayor Andrew Young.
