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Rev. Benjamin Mays
Rev. Benjamin Mays was the president of Morehouse Collegeand adn the head of Atlanta Public Schools. Also Mr. Myas was the meor to MLK. (Date is when he was born) -
Lester Maddox
Lesor Maddox became the governer of Georgia in 1977 and strongly supported segregation. In order to keep his job he appointed African Americans to places in the Goverment. (Date is when he was born) -
Andrew Young
He was an aide to Martian Luther King. He was the first African American to be elected to the US House of Represenatives since the reconstruction period. He also hade a large part in bringing the 1996 Olympics to Georgia. (Date is when he was born) -
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Mayor William B. Hartsfield
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Maynard Jackson
He was Atlantas first African American governer. He served as governer form 1974-1982. He aslo expanded the Hartsfield airport, and the MARTA transportation system. Also helped secure the 1996 Olympics to be held in Atlanta. (Date is when he was born) -
The End of White Primary
This event is when the Supreme Court decalred white primary to be unconstituational. The case was calles King Vs. Chapman. Ellis Arnall was also a main contributer to the ending of white priamry. (No set Date on year) -
The 1946 Governer's Race
Three Governers RaceThis event was when the infamouse Eugene Talmadge died before taking office of governer after winning the election. In his place, three people tried to claim his position of office; Herman Talmadge (Eugene Talmadge's son), Lt. Gov. Thompson, and Ellis Arnall. Since of this argument the Georgia Supreme Court ruled for Thompson to serve until a new election could take place. -
Brown Vs. The Board of Education
Brown Vs. Board of EducationBrown Vs. The Board of Education was a landmark event for the US Supreme Court. This case made the Court declare that state laws that established seperate schools by race to be unconsitituional. And also this case overturened the Plessy Vs. Furgunson desicison of 1896. -
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1956 Confederate State Flag
Within these the years of 1956-2001 the Confederate Battle Flag was signed in by Governer Marvin Griffin to be the Georgian State Flag. The battel flag was the offical flag of georgia until the year of 2001. -
SNCC (Student Non-Violent Coordinating Commitiee)
This orginaization worked and elped MLK to get African Americans ready and registered to vote. John Lewis, thier president, was from Georgia. -
Sibley Commission
An orginaization created to see how the public thinks about desegregating schools. The Sibley Commission found through the reaction of the public that the public would rather close the public school system than desegregate schools and allow the African American population into the schools. -
Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter to UGA
This event happened when the first ever two African American students ever got accepted into the University of Georgia. The names of the two students where Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes. -
Albany Movement
This movement of people took plave in Albany, Geortgia when African Americans orginzed a bus boycaott. In the end, the boycott failed to make any cange, but it taught African American leaders lessons on what to change when protesting. -
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Mayor Ivan Allen
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MLK and The March On Washington
["I Have A Dream Speech"](https://youtu.be/z_ZgSK9yIbk)The Historical and infamous event occured on the 28th of August when multiple African American leaders led around 200,000 Americans on a march to Washington. When they arived at Wahington the famous Martain Luther King Jr. gave an amazing speech that rang across the crowds of people. The speech was named the "I Have a Dream Speech". -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Civil Rights Act VideoThis act was signed into law bt President Lyndon B. Johnson. The law ended all segregation in all public places.
