Civil Rights Era

By jenn_123

  • End of the White Primary in Georgia

    This forced GA to allow african Americans to vote. Many Whites did not agree to this. Governor Ellis Arnall prevented the Whites from making their own primary's private club.

  • The 1946 governor's race

    Three men thought they were all governor. This became an embarrassing crisis for georgians. These three men fought to be governor.

  • Brown v. Board of Education

    This took away of the seperate-but-equal doctrine. That doctrine had benn in effect since the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson decision. The Brown v. Board or Education decision abolished segregation in public schools.

  • Founding of Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)

    Ella Baker worked with college students who had benn involved in sit-ins to found the SNCC. SNCC chose Atlanta as its headquarters. This organization was a mixture of African Americans and Whites.

  • the admission of Hamilton Holmes & Charlayne Hunter into UGA

    They were the first African Americans that got into UGA. UGA was one of the many segregated southern schools. Whites protested about them going to this school.

  • The Albany Movement

    This movement began to desegregate Albany in Dougherty County. In this area most blacks depended on whites for livelihood, so making protests is a risky activity. Protest marches led to hundreds of arrests.

  • March ohn Washington

    The March on Washington attracted an estimated 250,000 people. People in this march wanted equality for African Americans. This is when MLK Jr. said his "I Have A Dream" speech.

  • Civil Rights Act of 1964

    This abolishes descrimination against race, and/or religion. Powers given to enforce the act were very weak. It also abolishes segregation all of the nation.

  • The election of Maynard Jackson

    He was the first African American elected as mayor in Atlanta, Georgia. He served three terms. He made alot of progress while he was mayor of Atlanta, Georgia.