Civil Rights Movement

White Primary Is Abolished in GA

Feb 1, 1946

InfoPictureWhite primaries was the primary elections in the southern states of the U.S. It made any non white voter unable to participate. In 1946 the White Primary was declared unconstitutional by the U.S Supreme Court. This would let African Americans be able to vote in primary elections.

Integration of Armed Forces

Jul 26, 1948

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Who signed the integration of armed forces was President Truman. He signed the executive order in July 26, 1948. He signed it because he was sad for the blacks being beatan. Also the Soviet Union was trying to be the best with equality. So the U.S. had to be better.

Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott

Dec 1, 1951

piclinkOn December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks had been sitting on the bus, when all the white seats where taken and more white people got on the bus. The bus driver yells at the blacks to move to the back of the bus. So all the blacks get up but Rosa Parks. On December 20, 1956 the supreme court made the racial segregation buses in Alabama and Montgomery unconstitutional.

Brown vs. Board of Education

May 12, 1954

picinfoThis was a decision that the U.S Supreme Court state lthat spereartion of schools was unconstitutional. This decision overturned the Plessy v. Ferguson act of 1896 which allowed state segregation of black and white schools.

Change to Georgias flag

Dec 13, 1956

picinfoThey changed the new flag by putting the old confederate flag into it. They say there are two reasons why they changed the flag. One reason was to honor the centennial of the Cilvil Warand the other reason was that the flag symbolized Georgia's resistance to integration.

Crisis at Central High School and "Little Rock Nine"

Sep 9, 1957

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Little Rock Nine was a group of black students that went to Little Rock Central High school. They had a crisis in the Little Rock Nine school where black students were not aloud to enter the school. On the first day of school the National Guard refused to let them enter. They were threatened to be lynched.

Hebrew Benevolent Congregation in ATL bombed

Oct 12, 1958

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The temple was bombed early in the morning on October 12. The explosion went through the side of the wall. After the bombing the staff got a call from the General Gordon of the Confederate Underground they said they had bombed the temple in Atlanta. They planned to blow up all interracial organizations

Sibley Commission

Mar 1, 1960

picture The integration of schools caused many problems so they made the Sibley Commision. It found out what the people of georgia thought about intergation. When schools refused to integrate the GA's General Assembly cut off any fundings to that school. It ws headed by John Sibley. A lot of schools avoided integration!

Freedom Rides

Mar 12, 1961

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Six whites and seven blacks left Washington, D.C., on two public buses headed to the South. They were testing if they could be able to ride on a interstate bus. In the beginning there wasn't really an issue but not much long after some got severely beat. In Montgomery they were attacked by more than 1000 white people. At the end of the summer the protests had spread to train stations and airports.

Integration of the University of Georgia

Mar 12, 1961

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Judge Bootle ordered Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter to the University of Georgia then by court they ended 160 years of segregation at that school.They both arrived at the UGA campus with police escort to attend UGA. People begged with the governors to close the University than letting the two men go there. Other states where able to handle Governor Van diver’s decision towards UGA's integration.

Albany Movement

Mar 12, 1961

picinfoPresident William Anderson a young black osteopath was a black doctor who lead this movement. The NAACP and SNCC involved in this movement. The movement took place in the all white part of Albany Georgia's bus station. Most of the protesters where black resulting them sent to jail.

Birmingham, AL protests

Mar 14, 1963

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The leader of this big protest was MLK. The SCLC organized it. The SCLC organizers were Wyatt Tee Walker and Birmingham native Fred Shuttlesworth. They began marches trying to provoke mass arrests.There was a lot of protesters because of the unequal treatment for blacks against whites, and they tried to get attention by protesting

March on Washington DC

Mar 14, 1963

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This march was led by a group of labor, civil rights, and religious organizations. African American were protesting for freedom, jobs, civil, and economic rights. The results was successful but there were negative outcomes. Also many harsh segregationists, through the nation, were in no way moved.

16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham bombed

Mar 14, 1963

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Barely any people agreed with ending segregation and Bombings act of violence followed the settlement, so church become a target.Bobby Frank Cherry, Thomas Blanton, Herman Frank Cash, and Robert Chambliss, where members of the Ku Klux Klan that planted a box of dynamite under the steps of the church. Which killed four little girls and injured 22 people.

John F. Kennedy’s assassination

Mar 14, 1963

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November 22, 1963, in Dealey Plaza, Dallas, Texas President Kennedy got shot. He was with his wife in the car traveling. Kennedy got shot in the back of the neck. Then died in the hospital. There was a ten month investigation by the Warren Commission. Lee Oswald was convicted with the crime.

Civil Rights Act 1964 passed

Mar 15, 1964

picinfoPresident Lyndon B. Johnson signed the act. This act was a landmark piece of legislation that ended up unequal voting. The rights covered relief against discrimination in public places.

Voting Rights Act of 1965 Passed

Mar 15, 1965

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This act was signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson. It was for the 15th amendment. It became finally fair among the blacks. So everything became equally in voting.

MLK assassinated

Mar 14, 1968

picinfoMartin Luther King was killed in Lorraine Motel, Memphis, Tennessee on April 4. James Earl Ray was charged for the crime and was sent to jail. Atlanta reacted like no other states and wanted to honnor Martin.

All GA School integrated

Mar 15, 1971

infopicThis is when all the GA schools officially all integrated. They have been trying to fully integrate schools since 1961 beacuase none of the Georgia schools wanted to follow these rules it didn't full happen in court in 1970.