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Herman Talmadge Elected Govenor
Herman Talmadge was elected governor in 1948 and he was a white supremicist. Almost every black man didn't support him, but he still was elected. He started off his carrier badly, but he did help GA a little with farming, but not Civill Rights. -
ATL Sit-Ins
There were many sit ins on this period of time in Atlanta. Blacks would go into white only resturants and sit there getting beaten and verbally abused in the process. People realized how bad this was and there were laws changed after a while that desegregated bars. -
Brown vs BOE
Brown was in a court case agenst the board or education, trying to get schools de-segregated because his daughter wasnt allowed to be admitted into a all whites school. He won his case (the government declared segregated schools unconstitutional) and all of the schools in the US had to de-segregate. -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks sat at the front of the bus in the "white section" as opposed to the colored section, and she refused to give her seat up. This defied one of the southern customs. Parks was arrested, which launched a bus boycott by the Montgomery black community. This lasted for over a year until the buses were desegregated. -
Changing the GA flag
The Georgians of 1956 wanted to have a flag to represent the old confederate flag and to honor the dead from the war. It was designed by John Bell. This is important because it marks a small rebellious act of GA by trying to mimic the old confederate flag. -
Greesnboro Sit-Ins
Four black students began a sit in at local restaurant Woolworth's. They sat at an all white lunch counter. They were allowed to sit there, but they were refused service. This triggered even more nonviolent protests, including more student sit ins. -
Hunter and Holmes go to UGA
On Jan 6th, 1961, UGS admitted their 2 black students. They were tormented and harrased so much that they bodyguards to defend them. This marks a big jump of desegregating schools in GA. -
March on Washington
At the Lincoln Memorial, about 200,000 people joined the March on Washington. Martin Luther Kind Jr. delivered his famous "I Have A Dream" speach. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
On July 2nd, 1964, president Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This was the most sweeping civil rights legislation since Reconstruction. This prevented any discrimation of any kind based on race, color, or religion. It also provided the federal government with the right to enforce segregation. -
Assination of MLK
As he stands on the balcony of his hotel room, Martin Luther King Jr. is fatally shot at age 39. The man convincted of the crime is James Earl Ray. The King Assasination Riots occured as a result, and it was a wave of civil disturbance. They were the greatest wave of social unrest in the United States since the Civil War.
