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Govenor's Race
Three Govenor Controversy Video
When governor elect Eugene Talmadge died, the General Assembly appointed his son, Herman Talmadge as governor. The lieutenant governor, Melvin Thompson, objected and said that he should be the new governor. Outgoing governor Ellis Arnall refused to leave the office as well. The Georgia Supreme Court decided that Melvin Thompson would become governor. -
Herman Talmadge
During Talmadge's term as govenerhe helped pass the Minimum Foundation Program for Education Act which expanded the school year. As a result it raised standards for building, equipment, transportation, and school curricula which helped Georgia grow economically. However Talmadge was against integration and shut down all attempts to integrate schools. -
Brown v. Board of Education
Brown vs. Board of Education BrainpopLinda Brown, a black student wanted to go to an all white school. According to the Plessy case, schools should be "seperate but equal" but that was not how it actually was. The white school Linda wanted to attend was much better than the black school. Linda's father, with the help of the NAACP, took this matter to court. When the case got to the Supremem Court they said seperate-but-equal schools were unconstitutional. This case began the integration of schools. -
1956 State Flag
Georgia, being angry with the federal decision to integrate schools, added the Confederate Battle Flag to thier flag. -
Sibley Commission
Governor Ernest Vandiver Jr. was forced to decide between closing public schools or follow the federal governments order to desegregate them. The Sibley Commission's report helped lessen the resistance to desegregate schools and avoided conflict between the federal government and state governor. The Sibley Commission prevented the violence that comes with desegregation but, it also provided a way for local school boards to slow down the desegregation progress. -
SNCC
The SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee) organized youth led and direct-action campaigns against segregation and racism. According to the Supreme Court segregation in interstate bus and train stations were prohibited but to test this ruling African Americans from the NAACP and SNCC sat in the whites waiting room at the bus station. They were arrested and because of the actions of the NAACP and the SNCC this prompted the Albany Movement. -
Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter
After applying several times and taking the matter to court Holmes and Hunter were the first African American students admitted in UGA. Although both were very smart and athletic their peers did not respect them. -
Andrew Young
Young was part of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, a civil right orginization led by Martin Luther King Jr. The orginazation created "citizenship schools" which taught nonviolent organizing strategies in rural areas to mainly uneducated blacks. As a result this organization educated civic leaders, aloud thousands of voters to register in the South and were responsible for the civil rights movements. -
Albany Movement
The Albany Movement was a mass movement to desegregate an entire community. Many African Americans were jailed as a result of this movement. Although this movement was not sucessful the leaders were taught helpful lessons which led to the Birmingham's sucess. -
Marther Luther King, Jr.
"I Have a Dream" audio
Marther Luther Kind, Jr. wanted social change and looked up to Benjamin Mays, a civil rights speaker and leader of several organizations, as a mentor. King's four steps to gain civil rights were 1. direct,nonviolent action, 2. legal remedies, 3. ballots, and 4. economic boycotts. Dr. King practice nonviolence during the Montgomery bus boyvott and sit-ins such as the one at Rich's Department store. -
March on Washington
Primary Source Document: March on Washington The March on Washington was led by Marther Luther KIng, Jr. and is when he gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech to end racism. The march was organized by a group of civil rights and religious organizations with the theme of "jobs, and freedom." After the March, King met with President John F. Kennedy to discuss new civil rights laws. -
Civil Rights Act
Transcript of Civil Rights Act Lyndon B. Johnsons signed the Civil Richts Act of 1964 which made segregation of all public facilities illegal. -
Lester Maddox
Maddox appointed many African Americans to state boards and commissioners. He named the first black member of the Board of Pardons and Paroles. -
Maynard Jackson
Maynard Jackson served as the first African American mayor. Jackson served two consecutive terms and made a storng impact which helped city buisnesses. He worked with Andrew Young following his years as govenor. Following Andrew Young's time as govenor Jackson served his third and final term as Georgia's govenor.
