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Benjamin Mays
Mays is an African American that spoke out his beliefs before the Civil Rights Movement and did not believe in segregation. By 1940, the president of The Morehouse College of Atlanta was Benjamin. During his years as president of the college, he had a enormous influence on his student Martin Luther King Jr. -
Governmor's Race/ End of the White Primary
Three Governor RaceThe three governor controversy all started when Eugene Talmadge died after winning the election. The Georgia Assembly elected Eugene Talmadges son, Herman Talmadge, as governor. People were not okay with this. The elected lieutenant governor, Melvin Thompson, declared that he was in office. Also, the current governor, Ellis Arnall, would not leave office until everything got settled. Eventually, the Supreme Court decided that Thompson was the rightful governor. -
Herman Talmadge
Herman Talmadge, the son of previous governor Eugene Talmadge, was known as a democratic, white supremisist. Eugene Talmadge won his four term for governor, but died before being sworn in. Eventually, the General Assembly elected Hermen to be governor. This created the "three governor controverst." In the end, Herman came out governor. -
Brown v. Board of Education
Brown v Board of Education Segregation was a huge problem back in 1954, so when schools started slowly segregating whites showed major hatred towards the school systems. This issue is known as the Brown v. Board of Education. -
State Flag
John Sammons Bell brought up the idea in 1955 to change the Georgia flag. He wanted to get rid of the Confederate concept. Legislation voted and even some confederates agreed on changing the flag. -
Sibley Commission
Griffin Bell created the Sibley Comission to help the decision of closing all public schools or to obey by the federal law and integrate the schools. Governor Ernest Vandiver Jr. had to decide what to do. The Sibley Commission went around Atlanta asking people on their beliefs in this situation. In the end, the Sibley Commission saved a shut down between Governor Vandiver and the federal government. -
Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter of UGA
In 1959, Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter both applied to University of Georgia. Niether got in. They re-applied every quarter, but were constantly denied. In 1960, their attorneys filed for an injunction to stop UGA from refusing to consider their applications because of race. Judge William Bootle declared on January 6, 1961 that Holmes and Hunter would have been accepted if it wasn't for their color. Once Judge Bootle declared that apon UGA, Hunter and Holmes were enrolled immediately. -
Albany Movement
SNCC VIDEOSNCCIn Albany, three SNCC workers encouarged other people to start expressing their beliefs and stand up to the discrimination. Meetings and protests were held to share their thoguhts. Many people were arrested in November of 1961, so they called in Martin Luther King. He spoke at a mass meeting and marched with the people the next day. King and many others were arrested. On that day, King felt like he failed the African American nation. Later on in 1962, this movement failed and came to an end. -
March on Wahington
Martin Luther King Jr.A political rally was held in Washington on August 28, 1963 known as the March on Washington. Over 200,000 Americans joined in on this rally organized by civil rights and religious groups. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke his famous speech during this political rally which was a key player in the struggle of Africans civil rights. -
Civil Rights Act
Civil Rights ActAlthough this act was a major accomplishment in the Civil Rights Movement, at the beginning mostly everyone disapproved of it. President Kennedy first introduced this act, but he was verbally attacked by disagreeing. Lyndon B. Johnsonsigned the bill later on. This bill made it illegal for segregation in public areas and hiring based on sex, race, religion, and color. Historians gave this act credit to leading to the creation of The Voting Rights Act of 1965. -
Lester Maddox
Lester Maddox was elected governor in 1966. This was a huge suprise to everyone because Maddox was the first Republican to win office since Reconstruction. Governor Lester used his power to get African Americans into government roles. Not only did he help the African Americans to have power, he also payed extreme amount of funds to the University of Georgia -
Maynard Jackson as Mayor of Atlanta
In 1973, Maynard Jackson was elected Mayor. He is known as the first African American to be elected as Mayor of a significant southern city. Mayor Jackson served two consecutive terms. Then in 1990, served his third term. Maynard Jackson was a part of the U.S. Senate and was the Vice Mayor before becoming Mayor. One of Maynards best achievements was adding a termincal to the airport. Therefore in 2003, when he died, the airport officially was changed to Hartsfield-JACKSON Atlanta International. -
Andrew Young
Andrew Young was elected Mayor of Atlanta in 1981, but before that he accomplished many other things. To start, he was part of the SCLC with Martin Luther King Jr. Once King died, Young kept on nonviolently speaking his opinions. Then in1972, he was elected into the House of Representatives, and he was the first African American too be since Reconstruction. Finally in 1979, Jimmy Cartercalled Young into office as the ambassador of the Untied Nations.
