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Benjamin Mays President of Morehouse College
Mays was a mentor to Martin Luther King Jr. He also took leadership roles in commitees including the NAACP. He was the president of the Morehouse college until 1967, so he served for 27 years. -
End of the White Primary
In the White Primary, blacks weren't allowed to vote in elections. The Court case King vs. Chapman went to supreme court, who ruled White Primary unconstitutional. Blacks voted in the Primary election for the first time in 1946. -
The 1946 Governor's Race
Also called the 3 governors controvercy. This was a controversy between Herman Talmadge, Melvin Thompson, and Ellias Arnall. The Talmadge forces wanted Eugene Talmadge's son, Herman Talmadge, to be governor because he had run his Father's campaign for governor successfully. Melvin Thompson was the Lt. Governor, who the job as governor was supposed to go to. Thompson was apart of an Anti-Talmadge group. Ellias Arnall refused to leave office until the new governor was decided. -
Death of Eugene Talmadge
Eugene Talmadge was the Governor of Georgia for 3 terms. He died before his 4th term and his death started the 3 governers controvercy. -
Brown vs. Board of Education
VideoThis case overturned the Plessy vs. Ferguson case. It declared seperate schools for black and white students unconstitutional. All 9 votes went in favor of Oliver Brown's case. -
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Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement
VideoMLK Jr. was a civil rights leader that believed in the same policies as Ghandi, peaceful protests. He delivered his "I have a dream" speech at the Washington movement. -
Change of the Georgia State Flag
This flag was created to honor the dead of the civil war. It represents the old confederate flag and some say that it was a symbol that GA was against intrigation. -
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
This was a key organization for civil rights in the 1960's. It mainly played a role in Atlanta and Albany. -
Sibley Commission
The Sibley Commission was created by The Georgia Assembly. It was made to research disegregation in schools, but it also delayed the process, -
Holmes and Hunter to UGA
Holmes and Hunter were the first African Americans to attend the University of Georgia. -
Albany Movement
This was the first mass movement in the modern civil rights era to have desegration of a community as its main goal. However, it resulted in millions of jailings. -
March on Washington DC
VideoMLK led the March on Washington and this is where he delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech. -
Civil Rights Act
Copy of the ActPresident Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act 1964 in response to protests all around the country for African American rights. This restricted segregation of blacks. -
Lester Maddox elected as Governor
VideoLester Maddox is known as "the state's most unlikely governor" because of his racism, white supremacist ways, and opposition to intigration. However, he still helped with prison reform and appointed many blacks into office. -
Andrew Young wins 5th District Seat in Representatives
Young was the first black person since Reconstruction to be Elected to Congress from GA. Later on in 1981, he became the Mayor of Atlanta. -
Maynard Jackson Becomes Mayor of Altanta
Jackson was the first African American to be elected as mayor of any major city in the US. Hartsfield-Jackson Airport is partially named after him.
