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Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King Jr. was one of the leaders of the civil right movement in the 1960s.
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Benjamin Mays
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1946 Governer's Race
Eugene Talmadge died before inauguration as governor in 1946. According to the Constitution the Lt. Governor ,Melvin Thompson, was supposed to become governor. However, during the election Eugene's son Herman was a write in and won the office over Ellis Arnall. -
Herman Talmadge
Herman TalmadgeHerman Talmadge was the son of former Georgia governor. He was involved in the Governer's Race. -
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Brown v. Board of Education
Brown v. Board of EducationBrown v. Board of Education was a Supreme Court case that ruled the seperate schools for whites and blacks were not constitutional. The ruling was made due to the face that the school were not seperate but equal. -
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The Georgia Flag
1956 State FlagThe flag was excepted by the Georgia General Assembly. It sent a message saying that white suprenacy should end. -
SNCC
SNCCSNCC was short for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. It was an orginization in Atlanta and Albany in the 1960s during the civil rights movement. The group organized sit-ins led by students at lunch counters all over the South. The sit-ins we an act of protesting the seperation of whites and blacks in an unfair manner. -
Sibley Commission
Governor Ernest Vandiver Jr. was forced to choose between closing schools desegregating them due to federal orders. -
Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter to UGA
Holmes and Hunter<a href='http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/herman-talmadge-1913-200' >Holmes and HUnter</a><a href='http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/herman-talmadge-1913-2002' >Holmes and Hunter </a>Holmes and Hunter became the first African- American students to be admitted to the University of Georgia. -
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The Albany Movement
The movement led to the arrests of more than 1000 African-Americans in many rural counties in Georgia. One of the African- Americans that were arrested was Martin Luther King Jr., who admitted that he had failed to complete the task at hand eight months after the movements start. -
"I Have a Dream" speech
Martin Luther King Jr. gave the "I Have a Dream" speech proceeding the March on Washington. The Speech was delivered by King on the steps of the Lincon Monument. -
The March on Washington
The March on Washington was a peacful protest led by Martin Luther King Jr. It was held as part of the civil rights movement of the 1960s. -
The Civil Rights Act
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 banned segregation in public places. -
Lester Maddox
Lester Maddox becare governor of Georgia during some roughtimes. After taking office Maddox proved that he was able to accomplish the tasks at hand. During his time as governer, Maddox appointed many African-Anericans to fulfill government roles. -
Maynard Jackson
Maynard JacksonJackson was the first African- Amerincan Mayor of Atlanta. He served as governor for three terms. -
Andrew Young
Andrew YoungAndrew Young gave Atlanta its international reputation. He was a pastor who organized nonviolent protest for the SCLC. In 1972 Young became the first African-American in the Georgia Congress since after the Civil War. In 1981 Young became mayor of Atlanta.
