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Andrew Young is born
Andrew Young was greatly involved in the Civil Rights Movement. In 1961, he joined SCLC, an orginization run by Martin Luther King Jr, where he assisted in creating citizenship schools ( workshops that taught nonviolent organizing strategies to local people identified as potential leaders). He was instrumental in organizing voter registration and desegregation campaigns in Albany, Birmingham, and Selma. -
Benjamin Mays President of Morehouse College
Benjamin Mays became president of Morehouse College. Martin Luther King Jr. was a student, and the two knew each other very well.
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1946 Governor Race/ End of White Primary
A controversy between who should become Governor between Ellis Arnall, Herman Talmadge, and Melvin Thompson. A website with a video, and some information -
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Herman Talmadge was Governor
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Herman Talmadge Elected as Governor
Herman Talmadge defeats Melvin Thompson after the Three Governor Controvercy, and is elected as the Georgian Governor. -
Brown Versus the Board of Education
A case that went all the way to the Supreme Court. After the case, school segregation was marked unconstitutional, and whites and blacks could now learn in the same place. Brown Versus Board Of Education Video -
New Georgia State Flag is adopted
The state flag used from 1956 to 2001 featured a Confederate Battle Flag, which some citizens found offensive due to its historical use by the Confederacy and its use as a symbol by various white supremacy groups. -
Herman Talmadge elected to US Senate
Herman Talamdge is elected to the US Senate where he reamined for the next 24 years. -
The SNCC Is Formed
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee was formed to help remove segragation. It was key in the Albany Movement, and in Atlanta. -
Sibley Commision
The Sibley Commision is formed to help people deal with schools no longer being segregated. The organization helped the deep south with the issue, and provided tactics to local schools to help desegregate the schools.
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Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter at UGA
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After constantly getting rejected from UGA, Hamilton Holmes and Charleyne Hunter file a case stating that they would be in the college if not for their skin color, and this made UGA accept them. While walking to the school, the students would shout 2,4,6,8 we don't want to integrate. This created a major uproar throughout the country. -
Albany Movement
First Mass Movement of Civil Rights that got 1000 African Americans jailed. Martin Luther King considered it a failure,and later said this allowed Birmingham to become a success. Albany Movement Video -
March On Washington Occurs
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250000 people gathered at Washington D.C. Many orginizations and groups came to this peaceful event. -
Civil Rights Act
A law stated that discrimination of gender and race is not permited, and is now illegal. Website with information -
Lester Maddox Elected as Governor
Lester Maddox defeated Ellis Arnall in the election of 1966. Lester Maddox was popular with his plans of keeping the South segregated. Lester Maddox even put up police forces in the city to prevent Civil Rights Movements, but he was still loved by Southerners, as he shared their opinions on African Americans. -
Andrew Young Elected to House of Representatives
Andrew Young becomes one of the first African Americans to be elected to Congress. While in Congress, Andrew Young helped poor and working-class Americans and opposed efforts to increase military budgets. -
Maynard Jackson elected Mayor of Atlanta
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Maynard Jackson became Mayor of Atlanta in 1973. He helped small businesses get municipal contracts, but his crowned achievement was building a massisve new terminal at the Hartsfield Atlanta airport, and the name of the airport was changed to Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in his honor. -
Andrew Young Elected as Atlanta's Mayor
Andrew Young returns to Atlanta, and is the first black man to become an African American mayor, after an African American mayor.
