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Benjamin Mays
Dr. Mays was a African American minister, educator, scholar, and social activist. He was also president of Morehouse College in Atlanta as well as a very influential mentor to a very famous civil rights leader named Martin Luther King Jr. Benjamin MAys was widly known as a critic of segregation well before the civil rights movement. -
Herman Talmege
Herman Talmege served as governor of Georgia as a Democrat in 1947 and again in 1948 until 1954. He was elected into the U.S senate in 1956 until he was defeated in the election in 1980. -
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Civil Rights Movement
The civil rights movement was one of the most significant movements in the modern world. Blacks formed a movement for full civil rights and the national struggle for racial equality. -
Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. was one of the most famous if not important African American leader in the civil rights movements in the 1950's and 1960's. King was a Baptist minister, as well as president of the SCLC, and a very famous speaker. -
1946 Governor’s Race
After winning the election for governor, Eugene Talmege dies and in the re election Eugene's son Herman Talmege became governor and claimed office. Ellis Arnoll refuses to leave office and at the same time, lieutenant governor Melvin Thompson claimed office. -
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1946 Governor’s Race
After winning the election for governor, Eugene Talmege dies and in the re election Eugene's son Herman Talmege became governor and claimed office. Ellis Arnoll refuses to leave office and at the same time, lieutenant governor Melvin Thompson claimed office. -
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Herman Talmadge is Governor of Georgia
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Andrew Young
Andrew Young was a business man, a politician, and a human rights activist. Young is most famous for his involvment in giving atlants the reputation of an international city. -
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Martin Luther KIng Jr.'s involvment in civil rights
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March on Washington
In August of 1963 the African American civil rights movement had one of its largest marches ever, with as many as 250,000 people participating. In this march MArtin Luther KIng Jr. gave his "I Have a Dream" speech making him the most promonint spokes person.
