Modern Georgia and Civil Rights Segregation and Civil Rights

Benjamin Mays

Jun 9, 1940

http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/education/benjamin-mays-ca-1894-1984 Benjamin Mays became the president of Morehouse College

brown vs. board of education

Apr 15, 1954

https://gitso-outage.oracle.com/thinkquest trial against the board to make segregation of schools unlawful

STATE FLAG CHANGED

Jan 1, 1956

STATE FLAG

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee(SNCC)

Apr 15, 1960

http://www.sncc50thanniversary.org/sncc.html Student commitee against racial segregation.

albany movement

Apr 15, 1961

http://crdl.usg.edu/events/albany_movement/?Welcome Some residents of Albany Ga launched this campain to stop segregation

Andrew Young

Oct 30, 1961

http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/andrew-young-b-1932 was in the SLCC and was mayor of atlanta

Martin Luther King Jr.

Jul 5, 1962

very famous civil rights activist that lead many protests against racial discrimination

MARCH ON WASHINGTON

Aug 28, 1963

http://www.infoplease.com/spot/marchonwashington.html march through D.C. lead by martin luthar king jr.

CIVIL RIGHTS ACT PASSED

Mar 19, 1964

http://civilrights.findlaw.com/civil-rights-overview/civil-rights-in-public-accommodations-and-facilities-law-and.html?DCMP=ADC-CR_History-Public&HBX_PK=civil+rights+act+1964 bill that disallows you to discriminate based on color race gender etc.

Lester Maddox

Jan 1, 1966

http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/lester-maddox-1915-2003 Governer of Georgia in 1966