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White Primary Ending
Ellis Arnall ended the White Primary. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional. This forced Georgia to let African Americans vote in the Democratic Primary. The Democrats wanted to make the White Primary their private club, but Arnall prevented this.https://www.google.com/search?q=ellis+arnall&rlz=1C1CHWA_enUS654US657&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiKr4qflLbZAhUG54MKHSpaB5MQ_AUICigB&biw=1093&bih=530#imgrc=c9tZTSwRc6B0JM: -
Integration of Armed Forces
President Harry S. Truman signed Excecutive Order 9981 in 1948. This order established equality and opportunity in the Armed Services. Prior to this act, the military was segregated. The act committed the government to desegregate the military. https://www.google.com/search?q=integration+of+armed+forces&rlz=1C1CHWA_enUS654US657&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjS1MiylLbZAhUF6IMKHXRTB9MQ_AUICygC&biw=1093&bih=530#imgrc=ut36pw3SeRk1sM: -
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Brown vs. Board of Education
The Brown vs. Board of Education changed our country forever in a very positive way. It was a United States Supreme Court case. It ruled that separating blacks and whites by putting them in different schools was unconstitutional. By 1954, the decision was made to desegregate schools. <img src="https://www.nps.gov/common/uploads/grid_builder/mwr/crop16_9/FA3B6125-1DD8-B71B-0BD35F9057AD1BB3.jpg?width=950&quality=90&mode=crop" alt="Image result for brown vs board of education"/> -
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a crucial event in shifting the tide of the civil rights movement in Alabama. Four days before the protest started, an african american woman named Rosa Parks was arrested and fined for not yielding her bus seat to a white man. The boycott pressured to Supreme Court to eventually integrate the Montgomery Bus system. https://media1.britannica.com/eb-media/90/3390-004-3F615647.jpg -
Sibley Commission
In 1960, Ga gov Ernest Vandiver Jr. formed a committee to determine weather Ga should integrate schools, or shut public schools down. John Sibley led the committee. Votes were held and over 60% of the population was against integration. The commission decided to let the schoolboard decide.https://www.google.com/search?q=sibley+commission&rlz=1C1CHWA_enUS654US657&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiQ6fzClLbZAhVkwYMKHZ0xArsQ_AUICygC&biw=1093&bih=530#imgrc=Ehx0yFMEQRF1wM: -
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Albany Movement
The Albany Movement began in fall 1961 and ended in Summer 1962. The SNCC organized this failed protest that put over 1,000 African-Americans behind bars. It was the first attempted major protest of the modern civil rights era. https://www.google.com/search?q=albany+movement&rlz=1CAHPZP_enUS784&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwirvc61qaPZAhXGjpAKHSP0AHEQ_AUICigB&biw=1366&bih=629&safe=active&ssui=on#imgrc=62jSgyceJMY7MM:(http://www.timetoast.com) -
March on Washington
The day was August 8, 1963. More than 250,000 American citezens gathered on a warm summer day to march from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial where Martin Luther King Jr. gave his iconic "I have a Dream" speech. It was a protest for equal jobs, housing, and education. https://www.google.com/search?q=march+on+washington&rlz=1C1CHWA_enUS654US657&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiS7YTQlLbZAhUBiIMKHbRnD8QQ_AUICigB&biw=1093&bih=530#imgrc=vjRP6X6eJFmqGM: -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
This act was sponsored by President Kenedy, but he was assassinated before it became law. The act ended segregation in public places. It banned discrimination with jobs based on race, color, religion, and sex. It was a major success in the civil rights movement. https://www.google.com/search?q=civil+rights+act+of+1964&rlz=1C1CHWA_enUS654US657&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjSz-bdlLbZAhWj14MKHZZSAmMQ_AUICigB&biw=1093&bih=530#imgrc=O8CYrd8ilZno1M: -
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Selma to Montgomery March
In March 1965 in Alabama, three different protests occured. Martin Luther King Jr. and John Lewis led hundreds of african americans on a march from Selma to Montgomery. The march was to create black voters in Alabama. The march was a success, and a fatal component of the passing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/selma-montgomery-march -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
In 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson passed the Voting Rights Act of 1965. After the civil war, many southern states adopted unfair voting methods towards African Americans and this act got rid of those habits. These methods include literacy test and the grandfather clause. https://www.google.com/search?q=voting+rights+act+of+1965&rlz=1C1CHWA_enUS654US657&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwja4eLplLbZAhWo24MKHaUwAQsQ_AUICigB&biw=1093&bih=530#imgrc=pw6jcadxt9kV1M:
