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Martin Luther King, Jr.
a leader in non violent peaceful protest -
Benjamin Mays
became the president of Morehouse College
He was the youngest of eight children born to Louvenia Carter and Hezekiah Mays, tenant farmers and former slaves. -
End of the White Primary
Beginning of the end for the White Primary came with two events, one in Texas, the other in Georgia. -
Brown vs. Boards of Education
declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional. -
1946 Governor’s Race
1946 was a beginning for African-Americans, they could vote for Governor.
1946 was also the beginning of the Three Governor’s Crisis. -
1956 state flag
In response to brown vs. board -
Herman Talmadge
In 1936 he graduated from the University of Georgia
Talmadge also participated in the invasion of Guadalcanal and the battle of Okinawa
Governor Herman E. Talmadge died on March 21, 2002,