Civil Rights Movement

By sanath123

  • Benjamin Mays becomes president of Morehouse College

  • White Primary Ends

  • Dr.Thomas Brewer and Primus E. King try to vote in the white primary.

    They sued the state because they weren't allowed to vote and they won.

  • 3 Governors Race

    3 governors, Herman Talmadge, Melvin Thompson, and Ellis Arnold, all claim that they are the governor of Georgia.

  • Herman Talmadge becomes Governor

    After a special election he becomes governor

  • Brown vs Board of Education

    Segregated Schools are unconstitutional.

  • Montgomery Bus Boycott

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    Herman Talmadge in Senate

  • HOPE demanded the government stop shutting down schools

    The final decision was that the counties would choose.

  • Atlanta integrates schools

  • UGA integrates

    Government attempts to close UGA and is overuled by Federal Judge. Governor gave in and integrated schools on a limited basis.

  • Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter begin school in UGA

  • Albany Movement starts

    SNCC protest segregation

  • March on Washington

  • Voting Rights Act

    Lets anyone vote regardless of race, literacy, or wealth.

  • Maynard Jackson becomes mayor of Atlanta

  • Maynard Jackson becomes mayor again

  • Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter apply for college

    They were rejected based on race