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Andrew Young
ANdrew Young was a nonviolent civil rights activist. He was a psrt of the SCLC, an organization that taught ordinary citizens how to organize political rallies for the civil rights movement. He led many desegregation campaigns and was leading one with MLK when MLK was assassinated. Jimmy Carter was impressed with Young's work and made him an ambassador for the United Nations.
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The Election of Herman Talmadge
Herman Talmadge, the son of Eugene Talmadge, was elected in the 1947 special election for governor. In the 1946 governor's election, Eugene Talamdge won the race but died before being sworn into office. Other men tried to take the position, but Talmadge was chosen to be governor. However, later a special election was held for governor which Talmadge won, officially making him governor. He was a white supremacist, but he still helped Georgia make plenty of progress in education and industry. -
The 1956 Georgia State Flag
The Georgia flag did not always look like the flag in the picture. The 1956 Georgia State Flag was used by the white supremists in Georgia to protest against the civil rights movement. After the Supreme Court's decision in the "Brown v. Board of Education" case, Georiga legislators felt that they needed to retaliate. So, in 1956 a new flag was released with the Confederate symbol. Many Georgians were enraged, and thirteen years later in 1969, the flag was changed back to Georgia's original flag. -
The Founding of the Sibley Commission
The Sibley Commission was a general assembly that was assigned to find out whether Georgia should continue resisting the integration of schools. They interviewed citizens of Georgia. Although Sibley did not want segregation, 60% of the citizens wanted segregation. However, he ignored this and declared that the schools should become integrated, but still mostly segregated.
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The Founding of the SNCC
The SNCC stands for the "Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee." They focused on abolishing segregation in specific categories. This included voting lines, cafeterias, etc. They led protests all throughout the South for these types of discrimination. Even Martin Luther King Jr. joined this movement. -
Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes
Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes were two African-American students who applied to UGA. Although both met the requirements and were accepted, due to white protesters, the two were removed from the college. However, they were later reinstated at the college after federal intervention. It showed that Georgia had still not completed the transition away from the segregation era.
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The Albany Movement
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The March on Washington
It was a political march organized by many of the civil rights activists to show the government the prejudice the African-Americans faced in their day-to-day lives. Months after this event, the Civil Rights Act was passed, abolishing segregation. This event was alos when Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech. Luther was inspired by his mentor, Benjamin Mays.
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The Civil Rights Act
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 abolished segregation. Before his death in 1963, President Kennedy had been a very strong advocate for this bill, especially after hearing MLK's "I Have a Dream" speech and seeing what African-Americans have to live with. The law was not being followed properly at first, but the government began to heavily enforce it, essentially ending the segregation era. It was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson.
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The Election of Lester Maddox
Lester Maddox was a white supremacist who was the governor from 1967 to 1971. He owned a restaurant that did not allow African-Americans to dine there. However, due to the federal government threatening to shut his restaurant down if he did not integrate it, Maddox shut it down himself. Maddox ran for mayor many times, losing each time. During his time as governor, he strongly supported segregation. Even with his views, he remained popular with Georgians. -
The Election of Maynard Jackson
Maynard Jackson was the first African-American person to serve as the mayor of a major South city. He helped minority businnesses get more business because many of the were run by African-Americans. He also fought against the public mistreatment of African-Americans. The reason for our airport being named after him is because as one of his first actions, he built a massive terminal for the airport.
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