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The 3 Governors Controversy
In March 1947 the Georgia Supreme Court ruled that Melvin E. Thompson was the rightful governor because he was lieutenant governor–elect when Eugene Talmadge died. In a five-to-two decision the justices ruled that Thompson would be the acting governor until a special election could be held to decide the remainder of the original term, which would have run from 1947 to 1951. -
Brown vs Board of Education
Decision-The decision held that racial segregation of children in public schools violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Reaction-Widespread racial integration of the South was achieved by the late 1960s and 1970s.
Sibley Commission- In January of 1961, Governor Vandiver introduced a bill that accepted the Sibley Commission's recommendations for desegregation. -
State Flag
Why the flag was replaced-Flag showed Georgia’s resistance to civil rights.
State motto- Wisdom,Justice,Moderation -
Formation of SNCC
The Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), formed to give younger blacks more of a voice in the civil rights movement, became one of the movement’s more radical branches. -
Admission of Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes
First two African Americans admitted to the University of Georgia. -
Benjamin Mays
Benjamin Mays was a distinguished African American minister, educator, scholar, and social activist. He was also a significant mentor to civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. -
Albany Movement
Cause- It was the first mass movement in the modern civil rights era to have as its goal the desegregation of an entire community, and it resulted in the jailing of more than 1,000 African Americans in Albany and surrounding rural counties.
Effect-From Albany, SNCC workers and others led protest actions in nearby Americus and Moultrie, and African Americans in other southwest Georgia towns and counties were inspired to challenge their local white power structures. -
Martin Luther King Jr.
Born in Atlanta on January 15, 1929. Was the most prominent leader in the civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s. He gave his I have a Dream Speech on the March on Washington and confirmed him as America's most prominent spokesperson. On April 4, 1968, King was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee. -
March On Washington
What was it?- Over 200,000 Americans Marched on Washington, D.C to protest jobs and freedom.
Why did they march?- They marched to reiterate black's demand for economic equality
What Important happened there?-Martin Luther King Jr gave his "I Have A Dream Speech". -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Created to overcome legal barriers that prevented African Americans from voting. -
Lester Maddox
Lester Maddox was elected governor on January, 11, 1967. His goal was to desegregate the state. -
Election of Maynard Jackson
In 1973, Maynard Jackson was elected the mayor of Atlanta. Being the first African American mayor of a major southern city. -
Andrew Young
Elected mayor in 1981.Worked with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference an Atlanta-based civil rights organization led by Martin Luther King Jr.
