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End of white primary
White primaries were primary elections in the Southern States of the United States of America (Georgia in this case) in which any non-White voter was prohibited from participating.( Blacks and any other race was not allowed to vote) -
1946 Governor's Race
African Americans were able to vote for governor. Eugene Talmadge died. General Assembly elected Talmadge's son as governor, but Melvin Thompson and Ellis Arnall refused. -
Brown v. Board of Education
Based on the important argument that black children were getting an unequal education. School buildings, classrooms, and textbooks were inferior. -
SNCC
A group of balck and white college students that were against segregation. They wanted to intergrate the colleges. -
The Albany Movement
A movement began to desegregate Albany in Dougherty County. Martin Luther King Jr. and some of his top assistants came to town in December and were arrested, in order o get publictiy for the movement . -
Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter
Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes, were the first African American students admitted to the University of Georgia, arrived on campus to register for classes on January 9, 1961 -
March on Washington
Spurred president John Kennedy to support a civil rights bill in congress, saying "the time had come for the nation to fulfill its promise" -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
On 2 July 1964, Johnson signed the new Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law with King and other civil rights leaders present -
Election Of Maynard Jackson
Elected Mayor of Atlanta in 1973. First African American to be elected governor of a major southern city.
