Civil Rights Era

By Lil Tunechi

  • 1946 Govenor's Race

    When Govenor Talmadge died, they had to do something. Melvin thompson was sworn in as lieutenant govenor.
    Arnall claimed to become Govenor, because he thought Talmadge was not the legal govenor.

  • Brown v. Board of Education

    This was a course case. It was about black children not getting a equal education to the white children.Also teacher pay was not equal at black schools.

  • End of the White Primary in Georgia

    In October 1945, the white primary was seen unconstitutional by the federal court. The U.S. Supreme Court made that decision in 1946. This ended the White Primary.

  • Admission of Hamilton Holmes & Charlayne Hunter into UGA

    They were the first African American students to enroll in Georgia. White students protested. The college suspended the black students. after legal battle, the blacks returned and comlpeted their studies.

  • The Albany Movement

    It was a movement to desegregate Albany in a county called dougherty.They protested. Blacks depended on whites for their livelihood. Martin Luther King Jr. helped with the movement.

  • The March on Washington

    This was a march in Washington. Blacks and whites marched, played music, and said prayers. They also had speeches. They were fighting against segregation.

  • The Civil Rights Act of 1964

    This act made segregation and discrimination in public places illegal. This made all buisnesses, shops, and hotels available for all blacks and whites. It also set up Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

  • Election of Maynard Jackson

    He became mayor of Atlanta. He was the first African American mayor. He divided the city into neighborhood zones for planning purposes.

  • Founding of Student Non-Violent Coordination Committee

    SNCC was an organization of Black and white college students. They wanted to desegregated public places Their heaquarters was in Atlanta.