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Benjamin Mays
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CIVIL RIGHTS IN GEORGIA
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CIVIL RIGHTS ACT
http://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/ushistory/civilrights/The civil rights act was the nation wide struggle for racial equality.Black activists protested against white supremacy, and many schools seperated blacks and whites. In most Georgian counties Blacks were denied the right to vote, even if it is the 14th amendment. -
Brown V. Board Of Education
Alaw that stated blacks and whites could not segregate schools whatsoever -
1956 State Flag
Some people believed at the height of the Civil Rights act that the sign of the confederate flag was not appropriate for the state flag -
Sibley Commission
The Sibley Commission was the meeting held to discuss the desegragation of schools -
SNCC
The SNCC held youth lead non-violent protests against segregation and other unfair laws in the height of the civil rights movement. -
Albany movement
the first civil rights movement that was held to desegregate schools resulting in the enprisonment of 1,000 African Americans, including Martin Luther King Jr. -
Herman Talmadge
Herman Talmadge resulted in a reocurrence of white supremacy. -
Martin Luther King Jr.
e was a civil rights leader who fought to have schools together. He was a peaceful protester who played a major role in the civil rights act until his assasination in 1968
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Andrew Young
He was Atlanta's first black mayor in 1973
