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Benjamin Mays
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Benjamin Mays
Benjamin Mays was one of the first leaders in the civil rights movement and spoke out against segregation. Though he was the son of former slaves, he became very successful. He worked at many colleges, eventually becoming the president of Morehouse College. While at Morehouse, he was able to positively impact students such as Martin Luther King, Jr. He continued his civil rights efforts by speaking at the March on Washington and helping with the desegregation of Atanta's schools. -
Herman Talmadge
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Herman Talmadge
Herman Talmadge was the son of Governor Eugene Talmadge, and a Georgia governor and a U.S. senator. Through his career, he supported racial segregation. Herman also held strongly to his Southern ideals. -
Lester Maddox
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Lester Maddox
Lester Maddox was both a governor and lieutenant governor of Georgia. He began his political career as a racist democrat, even going so far to ban blacks from his restaurant. Ads for his restaurant sometimes were used to voice Maddox's Southern political views. However, while he was governor, black employment significantly increased. Despite this, he was still not in support of the civil rights movement. -
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. was a famous civil rights activist. He was best known for his nonviolent protest methods. His I Have a Dream speech at the March on Washington has become one of the most famous speeches of all time. He founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, a civil rights organization. Though his early campaigns such as the Albany Movement were less successful, his marches at Selma and Birmingham were effective protests against segregation. However, in 1968, he was killed. -
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Andrew Young
Andrew Young was an important civil rights activist. He was a Congressman, UN ambassador, and the Mayor of Atlanta. He was a member of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and a Martin Luther King, Jr. supporter. He was into nonviolent protests, and played a key role during the Selma and Birmingham protests. -
1946 Governor’s Race/End of the White Primary
The White Primary was a system that used a whites-only vote to decide the canidates for certain political positions. The Supreme Court case Smith v. Allwright in Texas in 1944 declared that the Texas White Primary was unconstitutional, so Georgia was forced to remove theirs. Some whites tried to privatize the primary, but Ellis Arnall shut this down.A colored man named Primus King tried to vote, but was denied. He went to court and won, and blacks were finally able to vote for governor in 1946. -
Brown v. Board of Education
Brown v. Board of Education was an important win for the civil rights movement. Ever since Plessy v. Ferguson, blacks had been condemned to be enrolled in "separate but equal" schools that often were lower quality than the schools whites went to. However, in Brown v. Board of Education, "separate but equal" schools were deemed unconstitutional. This allowed integration to finally be a federal law. -
1956 State Flag
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1956 State Flag
The Supreme Court case, Brown v. Board of Education, legally desegregated schools. In response, Georgia's General Assembly added the Confederate flag to Georgia's flag to show their dissaproval. -
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SNCC
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee was a major group in the civil rights movement. It was basically a committee of youths determined to end racism. They used nonviolent protests, such as Freedom Rides and sit-ins to try and achieve their goals. They played a key role in the March on Washington and the Mississippi Freedom Summer. The SNCC fell apart in the 1960s due to a controversial switch to violent tactics. -
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Sibley Commission
The Sibley Commission was a committee created by Governor Ernest Vandiver Jr. to gather information of Georgians' opinions on the issue of desegregating schools. Despite the actual results of the survey showing that Georgians favored segregation, the committee's leader, John Sibley, pitched the idea of basic integration with possible resegregation from local law approval. The governor was forced to accept this idea as law when Hamilton Holmes was accepted into UGA. -
Hamilton Holmes and Charlaye Hunter to UGA
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Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter to UGA
Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter were the first two black students at the University of Georgia. They were repeatedly rejected by the University of Georgia until lawyers from the NAACP helped to get a court ruling prohibited UGA from denying students based on their ethnicity. They were met with extreme racism at UGA, but after focusing on their studies, they both graduated the university. -
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Albany Movement
The Albany Movement was one of the first campaigns whose aim was massive desegregation. In this movement, Martin Luther King, Jr. and several hundred others protested in Albany, Georgia. The police force arrest all of them within in week. Although it was regarded by some as a failure, it taught King valuable lessons that would help his movements in Selma and Birmingham. -
March on Washington
The March on Washington was a large rally for human rights. It was during this event that Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his famous I Have a Dream speech This rally helped the Civil Rights Act of 1964 get passed. -
Civil Rights Act
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. It was signed into effect by President Lyndon B. Johnson. This law was estremely beneficial to the civil rights movement because it officially removed voter restrictions and desegregated schools. Although at first it was not enforced enough, later on it was integrated properly. -
Maynard Jackson as Mayor of Atlanta
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Maynard Jackson as Mayor of Atlanta
Maynard Jackson was the first black mayor of Atlanta. He decreased racial problems in the Atlanta area, such as helping blacks in the police force and decreasing police brutality against blacks.
