Kevin Rosales: Civil Rights Era

By CollinsGAHistory

  • The end of white primary in ga

    The end of white primary in ga
    {The election of 1946 was the first since courts ended The primary in 1944}
    {Talmadge made that a campaign issue,saying he would bring it back}
    {eugene talmadge tried to get support of white segregatist votes by stating that blacks were a danger to whits supremacy}

  • Brown v. board of education

    Brown v. board of education
    {it was a case based on the important agrument that black children were getting an unequal education}
    {school supplies that colored kids used were inferior }
    {Even the teachers who teached colored kids were paid differently}

  • Founding of student non - violent coordinating comitee (SNCC)

    Founding of student non - violent coordinating comitee (SNCC)
    {they have been challenging discrimination and segregation in the courts since its founding in 1960}
    {SNCC is a organization of white and black college students, was very important in the efforts to desegregate public spaces}
    {Ella Baker was the executive secretaryof the SCLC,In 1960 she worked with college students who have been involved in the sit - ins to found the SNCC, which chose atlanta as its headquarters}

  • The Admission of Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter into UGA

    The Admission of Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter into UGA
    {Hamilton Holmes was the valedictorain of the Henry Mcneal Turner High School,a top public high school for african americans in atlanta.}
    {Charlayne Hunter was also a top graduate}
    {Holme's goal was to become a doctor , and Hunter's goal was to become a jornalist}

  • The Albany Movement

    The Albany Movement
    {In 1961, amovement began to desegregate albany in Dougherty county , The first largest scale effort since Montgomery}
    {Albany, however, had acore of middle class blacks}
    {The movement was to fight to end descrimination}

  • The Civil Rights Act Of 1964

    The Civil Rights Act Of 1964
    {it made segregation and discrimination in public places illegal}
    { that ment that restaurants, hotels, libaries,theaters,and many other places open to the public suddenly became open to all the public}
    {The act said discrimination in any projevts that used federal money was also illegal,and it set up the Equal Emplyment Opportunity Commission.}

  • The Election Of Maynard Jackson

    The Election Of Maynard Jackson
    {he was one of the "morehouse men"}
    {Maynard Jackson became in 1973 the first black mayor southern city}
    {his 3 terms in office were highlighted by increased economic opportunities for blacks,a major expansion of the airport,and bringing the olympic games to Atlanta}