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White Primary is abolished in Georgia
White Primary 1946Phot Link
White Primary is when only white people were allowed to vote in the South. It was abolished and called unconstitutional. In was final in Georgia in 1946.White people did this as a way to limit the amount African Americans played in politics in the South. -
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Civil Rights in the South
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Integration of the Armed Forces
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President Harry S. Truman singed and Executive Order to desegregate the armed forces. He used Executive Order 9981 to bypass Congress. Congress was mostly white and would not have let it go through. -
Brown vs Board of Education
Brown v Board of EducationBrown v Board of Education
Thirteen Topeka Kansas parents filed a class action suit. It was named after Oliver L. Brown one of the parents. They were tired of their children being bussed to far away schools. Brown vs Board of Education overturned Plessy Vs Ferguson and declared segregated schools unconstitutional and also broke the 14th amendmment. -
Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Montgomery Bus BoycottRosa Parks
When Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white bus passenger, she was arrested. The community stood be her and the Montgomery Bus Boycott started. Black men and women refused to ride the buses and found other ways to get around .The boycott lasted 381 days. Many people were arrested over that time, but eventually it was ruled unconstuitutional. -
Change to the Georgia state flag
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JOhn Bell an attorney and chairman of the state Democratic Party wanted a new flag to incorporate the Confederate battle flag. They needed a flag to raise in battle that would not look like the other flags. Jefferson Davis and Willis Harden introduced theflag and it was offiial 7/1/56 -
Crisis at Central High School and the "Little Rock Nine"
Little Rock NinePhoto Link
In Little Rock Arkansas a group of 9 High School students were blocked from entering their school bcause they were black student in a white school. The local police blocked them. President Eisenhower sent the 101st Airbourne to escort them into the building and see that they were safe. They were called the "Little Rock 9" because of where they lived and how many of them their were. -
Hebrew Benevolent Congregation in Atlanta bombed
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"the Temple" was bombed as a hate crime against Jewish peopl. The white supremist hated Jewish people and black people. The Rabbi was a friend of MLK. The remple was bombed with 50 sticks of dynamite. No one was hurt. -
Sibley Commission
Sibley CommissionPhoto
A Committee to find out what people thought about desegregation and report back to the goveenor. John Sibley was a respected Georgian who held 10 hearings to find this out. 60% of the people asked favored total segregation. The commission helped slow down desegregation. -
Freedom Rides
Freedom RidesPhoto
Civil Rights Activists led by James Farmer rode buses from Washington DC to New Oleans to show how segregation affected people. There were 13 riders 7 black and 6 white. They were arrested and beaten along the way. It showed the world what life in the South was like for the black people. -
Albany Movement
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A group of student protesting for Civil Rights and desegregation in Albany, Georgia. They were arrested and it was considered not a succesful protest. -
Integration of The University of Georgia
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Federal Judge Bootle ordered UofGA to allow two black students Hamiton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter to be admitted. This overturned a ruling that any white school that admitted black students would lose state funding. -
Birmington Alabama protests
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Birmington Alabama Civil Rights protest led by MLK. They wanted to use Nonviolent direct action to get heir point accross. They wanted to has so much crisis that negotiation would take place. It did not happen, which led to arrests and beatings. -
March on Washington DC
I had a dreamPhoto
200-300 thousand people 80% black marched on the Mall in Washington DC. It was organized by civil rights leaders, labor organizationa and religious leaders. . MLK made his "I had a dream" speech which we still celebrate today.The march helped pass the Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act. -
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Civil Rights Act 1964 passed
Civil Rights ActPhoto
This Act was an Act to end discrimination and segregation against blacks in the South. This Act was signed by Lyndon B. Johnson and later became the 14th ammendment. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965 passed
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This Act was to allow blacks to vote. The Act was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson and later was know as the 15th Ammendment. -
Summerhill Race Riot in Atlanta
SummerhillPhotoThe riot was caused by police brutality against black in Atlanta. It lasted 4 days and killed one black man. It injured 23 others. Summerhill was a black neighborhood in Atlanta. -
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All Georgia schools integrated
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By this date in 1971 all schools in Georgia were desegregated. Blacks and Whites were in school together. Each school had one white and one black VP. Segregation of schools was over.
