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Benjamin Mayes Becomes the President of Morehouse College
Benjamin Mays became the president of Morehouse College in 1940 where he was a huge mentor to Martin Luther KIng Jr. Benjamin Mays was the 8th child to ex-slaves and now tenant farmers. He defied all odds to receive a great education and was a Civil Rights activist before the modern movements. He had a Ph.d. and a great teacher. -
The End of the White Primary
The white primaries were a way to asure that African-Americans couldn't pick the governor. It was a vote to choose the candidtates for governor that only white people could vote in. They almost always chose the democrats making the blacks very unhappy. It happened when a citizen in Colombus tried to vote but was denied. He sued and in the court case King V. Chapman ruled them illegal. -
Three Governors Controversy
In 1946 Eugene Talmadge was elected governor. He died before he was inaugarated. Because he was so corrupt, he had it set up that if he died, then all of his followers would "find" these ballots that had his son, Herman Talmadge, be governor. It didn't work because the old governor, Ellis Arnall, refused to leave office, the lieutenant governor, Melvin Thompson thought he should be it because he was next in line, and Herman said he won. The Supreme Court called for an election and Herman won. -
Brown V. Board of Education
Mrs. Brown, a daughter of a young African-American girl who was not allowed to receive a good education because of the segregation, tried to sue the Kansas school board. The state of Kansas rejected her because of the of the case Plessy V. Fergueson which said that they could be seperate as long as they were equal. This case made segregation by race illegal. -
The flag of 1956
This flag was 2/3 Confederate flag and 1/3 state emblem. It went very quickly through Congress because the controversal Brown V. Board of education was still being debated about. It wasn't changed for a long time because of the racism. It wasn't changed until 2001. -
Sibley Commission Created
Segregation was illegal, but Georgia still had segrated schools. Governor Vandiver was so opposed to intergration that he closed all the Georgia Public Schools if they intergrated. The Sibley Commission was a commission that asked the people what they wanted to do: completely oppose desegregation or have it based on a local vote for each area. The people wanted to oppose segregation, but the feds segregrated. -
The SNCC is Founded
Albany Movement The Sudent Non-violent Coordinating Committee(SNCC) was created, so the youth could lead the charge to intergration. They organized movements such as the Albany Movement, which was a successful failure. Dr. Martin Luther KIng Jr. worked with them a lot, but they didn't work with the NAACP or the SCLC. -
Intergration of UGA
Hamilton Holmes and Mharlayne Hunter tried to get into the University of Georgia many times but was always rejected. Constance Baker Motley, Atlanta attorneys Donald Hollowell, Vernon Jordan, and Horace T. Ward worked to get them into it. Finally Willam Bootle, a judge, forced UGA to let them in. They were met by violence. -
March on Washington
Martin Luther King There were many Civil Rights actions going on in the country, so MLK Jr. had this I Have A Dream speech in the Washing D.C. mall to over 250,000 people. It helped cause major changes in the U.S. Martin Luther King was a huge advocate for Black citizens everywhere. He had marches and protests. He was peaceful and did not use violence unlike Malcom X. He went jail for his beliefs. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
This law, introduced by JFK but signed be Lyndon B. Johnson, made segregation and discrimination by race or gender illegal in workplace and school. Thls Civil Rights Act was caused by the movements llike the Montgomery Bus Boycot, March on Washington, and Brown V. Board of Education. -
Lester Maddox Elected Governor
Lester became governor after a decision by the general assembly. He was a very racist white man and hated segregation. He closed his restaurant instead of intergratining it. He grew up poor with the American Dream on his milnd. As governor he did many racist and non racist things. He then became the Georgia Lieutenant Governor. He died of cancer. -
Andrew Young Elected to Congress
Andrew Young was an important civil rights activt and a huge prescence in politics. He was in the House of Representatives, U.N. ambassador, and mayor of Atlanta. As mayor he did stuff with the 1996 olympics. He was huge for African-Americans in Georgia. -
First Black Mayor of Atlanta
Interview with Maynard Jackson Maynard Jackskon was first elected mayor in 1973. He served two terms and then was elected a third term in 1990 after Andrew Young. He instituded affirmitive action, a way to make sure that all races have a fair chance to get a job. His whole family had been working with integration for many generations. He graduated Morehouse College at 18 years old, was once a priest, and ran for Senator but lost to Herman Talmadge.
