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Benjamin Mays
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Civil Rights Movement Timeline
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Bengamin Mays
Over the spam of his life, he was the president of Morehouse College, an African American minister, educator, scholar, social activist, and he was the mentor to MLK. He had leadership roles in MAACP, YMCE, World Council of Churches, United Negro College Fund, National Baptist, Convention Urban Leagure, Southern Conference for Human Welfare, Southern Conference Educational Fund, and Peace Corps Advisory Committee. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/education/benjamin-mays-ca-1894-1984 -
Herman Talmadge
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Lester Maddox
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Martin Luther King Jr.
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Andrew Young
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Maynard Jackson as Mayor of Atlanta
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Hamilton Holmes
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Lester Maddox
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Charlayne Hunter
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1946 Governor's Race
The "three governors controversy" began with the death of the governor Eugene Talmadge. His supporters wanted the legislature to elect a governor. The newly elected lieutenant governor claimed the office after the Gerneral Assembly elected someone and the outgoing governor refused to leave office, and the Georgia Supreme Court settled it. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/three-governors-controversy -
End of the White Primary
It forced Georgia to allow African Americans to vote in the Democratic primary. The democrats didn't want that so Ellis Arnall stopped it. https://ss8h11.wordpress.com/ss8h11-section-a/the-end-of-the-white-primary/ -
Herman Talmadge
Talmadge was governor at a time of political change -
Herman Talmadge
He was governor at time of political transition. He stopped being governor till in 1954 -
MLK
He was a baptist minister and the president of Southern Christen Leadership Conference. He was an African American lead in the Civil Rights Movement in the 50s and 60s. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/martin-luther-king-jr-1929-1968 -
Herman Talmadge
He was governor from 1948 till 1954 -
Brown v. Board of Education
It was the reversed Plessy v. Ferguson. This was the spark to the Civil Rights Movement. http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/brown-v-board-of-education-of-topeka -
Herman Talmadge
He was in the senate during political change. Talmadge didn't like civil rights legislation. He is a key national figure in formation of legislation for helping in rural USA -
1956 State Flag
Two thirds of the flag was stars and bars. It was meant to show that Georgia would uphold what Georgia stands for, meaning legal segregation and strict interpretation of the US Constitution. -
1956 State Flag
In the late 1960s, some people said that the Confederate battle flaf was not a good sumbol for the Georgia State Flag http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/state-flags-georgia -
Andrew Young
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SNCC
The Student Nonviolent Coordination Committee was a key organization in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. It was mainly in Albany and Atlanta. There were studnet orgainzed sit-ups, and they protested segregated lunch. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/student-nonviolent-coordinating-committee-sncc -
Sibley Commission
The governor didm't want to make a decision that people wouldn't like so he made the Sibley Commission to interview people about what they think. They discovered that most people don't want to integrate schools. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/education/sibley-commission -
Hamilton Holmes
He helped desegregate UGA and he was the first black student admitted to Emory. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/hamilton-holmes-1941-1995 -
Charlayne Hunter
She was one of the first two black students admitted to UGA. She is also an award winning journalist -
Albany Movement
It ened in 1962 and it was organized by the SNCC. It was supposed to desegregate an entire community but it jailed over a thousand African Americans. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/albany-movement -
March on Washington
Over 200,000 Americans in Washington D.C. for a political rally. The full name is the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. The march was designed to shed light on political and social challenges. This was when Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous speech "I Have A Dream". http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/march-on-washington -
Civil RIghts Act
The act ended segregation in public places, it banned emplyment discrimination on basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. Though proposed by JFK, LBJ signed it into law. -
Lestor Maddox
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MLK
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Herman Talmadge
During the 1970s he reached out to black voters -
Maynard Jackson
He was mayor in 1973. He was the first African Americna mayor in the south. While mayor, a protion of the city businesses goes to minority firms which rose dramatically. He had a high influence on politics after being in office and helped bring 1996 Olympic to Atlanta. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/maynard-jackson-1938-2003 -
Herman Talmadge
At this time he was denounced for financial misconduct -
Herman Talmadge
This is when he stopped being a part of the senate. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/herman-talmadge-1913-2002 -
Bengamin Mays
During this year, Bengamin Mays died. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/education/benjamin-mays-ca-1894-1984 -
Hamilton Holmes
He died in this year -
Maynard Jackson as Mayor of Atlanta
He died in this year -
Lester Madox
He died in this year