Modern Georgia, Segregation, and Civil Rights

1946 Governor's Race/End of the White Primary

Jan 1, 1946

http://ss8h11.wordpress.com/ss8h11-section-a/1946-governors-race/
After Eugene Talmadge died in office, his son, Herman Talmadge, Ellis Arnall, and M. E. Thompson all thought they were governor. Georgia's Supreme Court decided M. E. Thompson was governor, and Arnall and Talmadge both left office. Herman was elected as governor in the September election.

Herman Talmadge

Jan 1, 1947

http://oldlibrary.westga.edu/~library/depts/gph/bioht.html
-Eugene Talmadge's son
-Took governer's office in 1947 and again in 1948

Brown v. Board of Education

Jan 1, 1954

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTGHLdr-iak
Even though the decision by the Supreme Court that the Equal Protection Clause was violated by school segregation was violated did not desegregate one hundred percent, it still made an impact and helped force the states to integrate the schools.

Georgia State Flag

Jan 1, 1956

https://flagspot.net/flags/us-ga3.html
-This change to the Confederate Battle flag as state flag was a response (backlash) to the Brown v. Board of Education decision.

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)

Jan 1, 1960

http://www.ibiblio.org/sncc/
The SNCC was created to help plan nonviolent movements lead by youths.
{Key Words: Albany Movement, Atlanta, The Atlanta Project}

Sibley Commission

Mar 1, 1960

http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/education/sibley-commissionThe Sibley Commission was created to hear people accross the state and ask them if they supported desegregation. 60 percent of the people surveyed wanted to continue segregation, but Sibley ignored the results and told state leaders to desegregate, In autumn of 1961, Atlanta schools began to desegregate.

Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter

Jan 1, 1961

http://www.civilrights.uga.edu/cities/athens/hamp1.htm
They were the first two African American students to attend the University of Georgia.

Albany Movement

Aug 1, 1961

http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/albany-movement
There were massive protests in Albany that were set uo by the SNCC. The protests resulted in the jailing of hundreds of African Americans.

March on Washington

Aug 28, 1963

About a quarter of a million people showed up at the nation's capitol to protest (peacefully) and the protest was broadcasted on live television. The police used fire hoses and attack dogs to try to end the march. An important figure in this event was Martin Luther King Jr. with his "I Hace a Dream" speech.

Civil Rights Act

Jul 2, 1964

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/primary-resources/lbj-civilrights/The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was an act passed by the Supreme Court and House of Representatives in order to protect the rights of citizens and ban segregation.

Lester Maddox

Jul 3, 1964

Maddox, surprisingly, was elected as governer and appointed more blacks to government positions than all other Georgia governers combined. He had a restaurant called the Pickrick and was involed in a legal case after turning away three activists (who were Amfrican Americans).

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Apr 4, 1968

MLK Jr. Biography Video-Baptist minister
-President of Souther Christian Leadership Conference
-Most important African American leader in the Civil Rights Movement during the 1950s and 1960s
-Date of Assassination; April 4, 1968

Benjamin Mays

Jan 1, 1970

http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/education/benjamin-mays-ca-1894-1984
-After retiring from Morehouse, he became the president of Atlanta's Board of Education

Andrew Young

Jan 1, 1972

http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/andrew-young-b-1932He bacame the first African American to be a member of Congress since Reconstruction. In 1977 Jimmy Carter named him ambassador to the UN.

Maynard Jackson

Jan 1, 1973

Jackson was the first African American to be mayor of a major city in the South.He was elected in 1973.