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The Beginning of the Jim Crow Laws
Plessy v. Feruson marked the beginning of the Jim Crow Laws. -
Andrew Young's Role in International Affairs
Andrew Young was a large representative from Georgia that made Civil Rights a largely focused topic, and stated that economic activity was very important, mainly in Africa. -
The End of White Primaries
White Primaries were all white voting instances put on by the Democratic Party. This was ended in the court case Smith v. Allright. -
Brown v. The Board of Education
This was the court case that ended the segregation in schools. -
End of the Jim Crow Laws
At the end of Brown v. the Board of Education, the process started to end the Jim Crow Laws. -
The Students Non-Violent Coordinating Committee
The SNCC was a group that was made to give students more of a voice in the Civil Rights Movement. It was responsible for a lot of sit-ins and non-violent protests. -
The Sibley Commission
It was a group that was created after Georgia's governor was told to desegregate schools. He took a public census, which said to keep schools segregated, yet he still went ahead and put out an announcement that schools were to be desegregated. -
The First Black Students at UGA
There were 2 students that tried to apply to UGA and were turned down because of the "Little Room". They were repeatedly turned down, and sued. The judge decreed that they would have been accepted had it not been for their race and color. They were finally accepted. This opened up Georgia's education to African Americans. -
The Albany Movement
Many protesters that protested to desegregate every day life in Albany. They invited Martin Luther King jr. to join their protests. This movement is considered largely responsible for the desegregation of Albany. -
Civil Rights Act
This was an act that was signed by Lyndon Johnson that stopped the discrimination in any public places, and it cause the integration of public schools. -
The Election of Maynard Jackson
He was the first black mayor elected of Atlanta Georgia. He worked to expand transportation systems, and paved a path for blacks in Atlanta.
