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Benjamin Mays
In 1940 Mays became the president of Morehouse College. There he rose to national prominence, enjoying great influence on key events in U.S. history. His most famous student at Morehouse was Martin Luther King Jr. During King's years as an undergraduate at Morehouse in the mid-1940s, the two developed a close relationship that continued until King's death in 1968 -
The Election of 1946
When the General Assembly elected Talmadge's son Herman Talmadge as governor, the newly elected lieutenant governor, Melvin Thompson, claimed the office of governor, and the outgoing governor, Ellis Arnall, refused to leave office. Eventually, the Georgia Supreme Court settled the controversy. -
Brown v.s. The Board of Education
The Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional. The decision overturned the Plessy v. Ferguson decision of 1896, which allowed state-sponsored segregation, insofar as it applied to public education -
State Flag
The Association of County Commissioners suggested placing the Rebel emblem on Georgia's flag in 1955. Along with a desire to maintain political power, racism motivated slaveholders in 1861 and the Dixiecrats in 1948. Racism motivated the ACC to suggest a flag change, and racism motivated those legislators who approved the Georgia flag change in 1956 -
Formation of SNCC
It emerged from a student meeting organized by Ella Baker held at Shaw University in April 1960. Formed to give AA kids a say in the Civil Rights Movement. -
Admissions to UGA
Hamilton Holmes amd Charlayne Hunter were one of the first AA accepted into the University Of Georgia. -
Albany Movement
The Albany Movement was a desegregation coalition formed in Albany, Georgia -
Martin Luther King Jr.
In August 1963 the civil rights movement
Martin Luther King Jr. (bottom left) led the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in August 1963. King's "I Have a Dream" speech was the most memorable event of the day and confirmed him as black America's most prominent spokesperson. -
March on Washington
Was one of the largest political rallies for human rights in United States history and demanded civil and economic rights for African Americans because Martin Luther King would give his famous 'I Have A Dream' Speech. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Was a landmark piece of civil rights legislation in the United States that outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. -
Voting Rights of 1965
Aimed to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote under the 15th Amendment -
Lester Maddox
Lester Garfield Maddox, Sr., was an American politician who served as the 75th Governor of the U.S. state of Georgia from 1967 to 1971. -
Lester Maddox
Lester Garfield Maddox, Sr., was an American politician who served as the 75th Governor of the U.S. state of Georgia from 1967 to 1971. -
Election of Maynard Jackson
Maynard Jackson was the first African American to serve as mayor of a major southern city. Jackson served eight years and then returned for a third term
Elected mayor of Atlanta in 1973, Maynard Jackson was the First African American to serve as mayor of a major southern city. Jackson served eight years and then returned for a third term in 1990. During his tenure, Jackson increased the amount of city business given to minority-owned firms and added a new terminal to the Atlanta airport. -
Andrew Young
Andrew Jackson Young, Jr. is an American politician, diplomat, activist, and pastor from Georgia. He has served as a Congressman from Georgia's 5th congressional district
