Civil Rights Movenment

Benjamin Mays

Aug 1, 1894

He served in office from July 1, 1940 to July 1, 1967.Mays was a mentor for Martin Luther King. He also helped with integration.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Mays

Lester Maddox

Sep 30, 1915

Maddox was an American who served as athe 75th Governor of Georgia. He refused to serve African Americans who came to his restaurant. He was a segregationist.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Jan 15, 1929

King was most famous for being a civil rights activist and he was also a part of the SNCC. He also gave a speech at Washington D.C. called " I Have a Dream" and he described that one day American would be desegregated.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King,_Jr.

Herman Talmadge

Nov 11, 1941

Herman Talmadge Interview He served as Georgia's seventeeth governor he was elected on Novemeber eleventh, 1941 and his governor career ended on 1955. He was born in McRae in Telfair County in south central Georgia and was also the son of Eugene Talmadge. He graduated from the University of Georgia of Law in 1936. All though he was racist, he did want Georgia to have a bright future and promised industry to be on the way to Georgia.

Brown v Board of Education

Dec 9, 1952

This case was brought all the way up to the U.S. Supreme Court and they ruled that state laws establishing seperate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_v._Board_of_Education

Sibley Commission

Jan 1, 1960

http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/education/sibley-commission
Governor Ernest Vandiver Jr. was forced to close public schools or to comply with the federal orders so he made the commission to find out/survey the people if they wanted public schools to be closed or be integrated just like how the federal government said to do. When they got they results, it showed us that 60 percent of the people would rather have the schools closed than be integrated.

SNCC

Apr 17, 1960

Student Non-Violent Coordinating Commission
SNCC was led by Martin Luther King Jr. They tried to desegregate many thing such as buses called "Freedom Rides."
Overall wanted to intgrate segrated places.
http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/sncc/

Albany Movement

Nov 17, 1961

http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/albany-movement
One of the first mass movements in the modern civil rights era. There goal was to try and desegregate an entire community. During the process many people were put into jail because of this. Like always, there main goal was to desegregate and integrate.

March on Washington

Aug 28, 1963

http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/march-on-washington
More than 200,000 americans gathered in Washington D.C. for a political rally. This project was deisigned to show people the political and social challenges that African Americans are facing during tat era of time.

Maynard Jackson - Mayor of Atlanta

Jan 1, 1973

http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/maynard-jackson-1938-2003
Maynard was the first African American Mayor of Atlanta.

Andrew Young

Jan 30, 1977

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Young
Young served as a congressman for Georgia's 5th congressional district. He was also the mayor of Atlanta at one time. Young was a supporter and friend of King. He also worked with Maynard Jackson many times.