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Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. was a significant Baptist minister and civil-rights activist. He had recieved a Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 and assassinated April 1968. -
Benjamin Mays
Benjamin Mays VideoBenjamin Mays became president of Morehouse college, rising to national prominence. -
Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter to UGA
African Americans Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes became the first African American students in UGA's school history. Crowds taunted and violated their safety, leading to their escort back to their homes in Atlanta. -
1946 Governor's Race
A controversy that arised when the Georgia General Assembly elected Herman Talmadge as governor after Eugene Talmadge had died. Lieutenant governor, Melvin Thomspon, claimed the office as his own, while the previous governor, Ellis Arnal, refused to leave office. -
Herman Talmadge
Served as governor early 1947 and again from 1948 to 1954. -
Brown v. Board of Education
Brown V. Board VideoThe Brown v. Board of Education case was one of the greatest Supreme Court decisions of the 20th century, unanimously held that the racial segregation of children in public schools violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. -
1956 State Flag
The campain for a new state flag was created by Atlanta attorney and state Democratic Party leader John Sammons Bell in 1955, and changed in 1956. -
Sibley Commission
A General Assembly on schools, the Sibley Commision was created in 1960 when Governor Ernest Vandiver Jr. was forced to decide between closing public schools or complying with a federal order to desegregate them. The committee was charged with gathering state residents' sentiments regarding desegregation and reporting back to the governor. -
SNCC
The SNCC, or Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, was a key organization in the American civil rights movement of the 1960s. They often composed sit-ins and Freedom Rides. -
Albany Movement
Albany Movement VideoThe Albany Movement began in fall 1961 and ended in summer 1962. The first mass movement in the modern civil rights era to have as its goal the desegregation of an entire community, the Albany Movement had also resulted in the jailing of more than 1,000 African Americans in Albany and surrounding rural counties. Martin Luther King Jr. was among those arrested. -
Andrew Young
Andrew Young Interview Andrew Young began to work with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), the Atlanta-based civil rights organization led by Martin Luther King Jr. in 1961. He eventually rose to the executive directorship of the SCLC and became Martin Luther King Jr.'s trusted aid. -
March On Washington
The March On Washington was a political rally designed to bring social and political changes for African Americans. -
Martin Luther King "I Have A Dream" speech
I Have A Dream Speech Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have A Dream" speech at the March On Washington. -
Civil Rights Act
This civil rights act forbade discrimination on the basis of sex as well as race in hiring, promoting, and firing. -
Lester Maddox
Lester Maddox was brought to office in 1966 by widespread dissatisfaction with desegregation. People thought of him as a violent racist. -
Maynard Jackson as Mayor of Atlanta
Maynard Jackson was the first African American to serve as mayor of a major southern city. Jackson served eight years and then returned for a third term
Elected mayor of Atlanta in 1973, Maynard Jackson was the first African American to serve as mayor of a major southern city. Jackson served eight years and then returned for a third term in 1990.
