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End Of White Primary
Location Of White Primary In Georgia The 1944 case of Smith vs. Allwright was the Supreme Court decision that ruled the Texas White Primary was unconstitutional. -
1946 Governers Race
1946 was a beginning for African-Americans, they could vote for Governor. 1946 was also the beginning of the Three Governor’s Crisis. Here is a video of Herman Talmadge, and how he “remembers” it: -
Brown v. Board of Education Court Case Ruling
was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students unconstitutional. -
Founding of Students Non-Violent Coordinating Comittee
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was one of the organizations of the American Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. It emerged from a series of student meetings led by Ella Baker held at Shaw University in April 1960. -
Admission of Hamilton Holmes & Charlayne Hunter into UGA
Holmes and Hunter became the first two African American students admitted to the University, one of many segregated southern institutions. -
The Albany Movement
The Albany Movement was a desegregation coalition formed in Albany, Georgia, The Albany Movement mobilized thousands of citizens and attracted nationwide attention but failed to accomplish its goals because of a determined opposition. However, it was credited as a key lesson in strategy and tactics for the national civil rights movement.[ -
The March on Washington
was one of the largest political rallies for human rights in United States history [3] and called for civil and economic rights for African Americans. -
Civil Rights of 1964
was a landmark piece of legislation in the United States[1] that outlawed major forms of discrimination against racial, ethnic, national and religious minorities, and women.[2] It ended unequal application of voter registration requirements and racial segregation in schools, at the workplace and by facilities that served the general public -
Election of Maynard jackson
was an American politician, a member of the Democratic Party, and the first African American mayor of Atlanta, Georgia. He served three terms, two consecutive terms from 1974 until 1982 and a third term from 1990 to 1994. He became the first African-American mayor of Atlanta in the same election cycle in 1973 that Coleman Young became the first African-American mayor of Detroit, Michigan.
