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Three Governors Controversy Part 1
Due to the death of the Governor, Eugene Talmadge, there was a whole huge controversy reguarding who would be the next governor. This lead Georgia to have three governors at once. Herman Talmadge was the governor's son, and the winning "write-in" vote. He believed that he should be in office because he won the election Melvin E. Thompson was the Lieutenant Governor and he believed that he should be sworn in because he was the next in line to take the position. -
Three Governors Controversy (2)
Ellis Arnall was the previous governor in office before Talmadge died. He believed that he should've been put in office because there was no real voted governor. The whole event was ended when Herman Talmadge was voted. (Caused by rural voters & county unit system) Herman Talmadge speaking on TGC
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Herman Talmage takes Government Office
Eugene Talmadge dies, and because he had his son put in as a "write-on", Herman Tagmadge got put into office. This whole situation caused the "Three Governors Controversy" and also ended it. -
Brown v. Board of Education
Brown tried court because he didn't believe that the education that the Blacks were receving was as good enough, and that interferes with the "seperate but equal" law. -
Georgia Flag of 1956
This flag replaces the provious flag with the very subtle cross sign with stars, and adding the Seal with the Georgia Motto. -
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
The SNCC was a group who focused on trying to solve the problems of segregation by nonviolent protest. This usually consisted of holding "sit ins" at white only places, such as restaurants, bars, and They did not fight back, and that caused the whites to beat them. Of course, because they were the Student "Nonviolent" Coordinating Committee they never fought back.
Video about actions and movements by SNCC
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Sibley Commission
The Sibley Commission was a time period where the government would go around and cut off funds from schools if they decided to integrate Blacks. This was done because most Georgians did not want schools to integrate. This lead to the Brown v. Board of Education case, and eventually all of the schools were integrated. -
Albany Movement
This was a movement started by the SNCC. They wanted to stop segregation so they went to one of the most segregated places. They held a sit-in in a local restaurant and the waitors would not serve them. This resulted in them staying longer, and eventually the whites just beat them out of the restaurant. This is very important for the SNCC because they had the guts to go out to one of the most segregated cities
and have the fear of being beat.
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I Have a Dream Speech
This is Martin Luther King Jr.'s most famous speech as it speaks about his views about how he sees the future. This speech talked about how he wanted his four children to live a life where they weren't judged on their skin color but their actual character. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was an act to ensure that every person living on Earth had equal and the same rights. This means that there wouldn’t be segregation. All black people would have the same rights as everyone else and they would be counted as a full person and nothing less. This also goes under the 15th amendment as the voting protection laws changed.
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Benjamin Mays
Benjamin Mays was one of Martin Luther King's bigger mentors. He was a professor at the Morehouse College, a college for primarily black men, and he mentored Martin Luther King Jr. It was one of the more prestigious colleges with a heftier price. Similarly to all of the other mentors at the college, he supported MLK’s opinion and helped form it.
