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End of WW2
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Brown v. BOE
Brown v. Board of Education was a historic case. This case overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and the concept "Separate but Equal" was forgotten. The Supreme Court enforced integration in all Schools. https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/1495570979_9018.jpg -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white person. NAACP was behind her and joined the boycott
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Sibley Commission
GA Governor Ernest Vandiver formed a committee to investigate public opinion on integration. https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/education/sibley-commission -
Albany Movement
MLK, SNCC, and the NAACP organised a march to desegregate Albany GA. This resulted in Dr.King and 500 people arrested
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UGA Integrates
The University of Georgia admitted its first African-American students. Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter.
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March on Washington
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. led a protest in Washington D.C.. King, followed by 200,000, Marched to put pressure on congress to pass the civil rights bill and advocate for fair employment, housing, and education.
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16th Street Church Bombings
White Supremacist group the KKK bombed a baptist church near Birmingham Alabama. The bombing killed four black children.
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Selma
Dr. King and over 300 others protested and walked from Selma Alabama to Montgomery. They where met with incredible force but where escorted through by national guardsman.
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Assassination of Dr.King
Dr. King was assassinated on the balcony of his hotel in Memphis Tennessee. Riots broke out in cities all across the U.S. but Atlanta stayed peaceful.
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Georgia Flag
Sonny Perdue voted in the current GA Flag, he promised to let voters vote on the flag.
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