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Lestor Maddox
Lestor Maddox was a former governer and staunch segregationist. He owned a restaurant called the Pickrick Cafeteria. After he tried his luck for mayor of Atlanta and lost. Four years later, he again lost to Ivan Allen Jr. In both campaigns he promoted integrity,economy,and segregation. His restaurant was also against integration. When black activists tried to come into his diner , he forcibly threw them out with ax handles.. As governor he backed significant prison reform. -
Martin Luther King Jr
Martin Luther King Jr was a great minister and very impactful Civil Rights Leader. After Rosa Parks was arrested MLK was named president of the MIA, In August 1957, King was named president of the SNLC a organization made to stop civil rights. In April 1960 the SNLC staged massive sit ins in Atlanta. In 1963 King and the SNLC staged a massive protest in Birmingham. King then planned the March to Washington
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Andrew Young
Andrew Young was a major ivil rights leader and activist. He was instrumental in organizing voter registration and desegregation campaigns in Albany; Birmingham and Selma, Alabama; and Washington, D.C., among other places. Became the First African American to be elected to Congress since Reconstruction. Named Ambassador to United Nations. -
Benjamin Mays
VideoBenn=jamin Mays was a grat African American Mentor,Leader and Politician.Mentor to mlk president of more house colledge Mays's unwavering emphasis on two ideas in particular—the dignity of all human beings and the incompatibility of American democratic ideals with American social practices—became vital strains in the language of King and the civil rights movement -
Three Governers Controversy
The 1946 Governers Race (also known as the three governers contreversy) was when governer to be, Eugene Talmadge died before being inagurated. The Georgia General Assembly decided that Talmadge's son Herman should be the new Governer. Melvin Thompson, the lietanant governer said that he should be the governer because if the governer dies then the lietanant governer takes his spot. Ellis Arnall, the current governer disagreed and said that he would stay as governer until the issue was resolved. -
Brown vs Topeka Board of Education
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On May 17, 1954 The Supreme Court declared unanimously that "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal." This case brought social reform to public school systems, and was a catalyst to integrating schools across America. -
1956 State Flag
By the late 1960s, at the height of the civil rights movement, some Georgians were saying that the Confederate battle flag was not a proper symbol for a state flag. In 1969 state representative Janet Merritt introduced the first bill to return to the pre-1956 flag. By the early 1980s every session of the legislature saw attempts to change the flag, which was seen more and more as an issue dividing the state. Atlanta city officials soon began refusing to fly the 1956 flag at municipal buildings a -
Herman Talmadge's Election
A racist politician that refused all attempts to integrate when in may 1954 the supreme court declared segregation unconstitutional Talamdge was in major rage mood. Boycotted 1946 democratic convention because of the Civil Rights Act. -
Sibley commisiion
The SIbley Commission was a committee that had to gather state residents' sentiments regarding desegregation and reporting back to the governor. -
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committe (SNCC)
The Student Nonviolet Coordinating Commiitte was a key organization fighting for civil rights in Atlanata. In October 1960 the SNCC staged a massive confrence for civil rights. they also had organized mass sit-ins and protests against segregation. Julkian Bond, a longtime SNCC communications director was also very helpful to Atlanta.He had a majore campaign which led to the Georgia Generalo Assembly gaining ten black legislators. -
Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter to UGA
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March on Washington
I have a dreamThe March on Washington For Jobs and Freedom took place on August 28, 1963. Over 250,000 blacks and whites attended the March, and it is the day that Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous “I Have A Dream” speech. It was the largest demonstration seen by the capital to this date, and it was instrumental in the progress of integration and the civil rights movement. -
Civil Rights Act
Civil Rights Act VideoThis act, signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson on July 2, 1964, prohibited discrimination in public places, provided for the integration of schools and other public facilities, and made employment discrimination illegal. This document was the most sweeping civil rights legislation since Reconstruction. -
Maynard Jackson
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Maynard Jackson was the first african american mayor of Atlanta, and he was influential in developing the Atlanta infrastructure, specifically the international Airport, which today is partially named after him. Before he became mayor, he worked as an attorney at a law firm. He served for three terms from 1974-1982 and 1990-1994. He died in 2003.
