The Social Studies Timeline

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  • Benjamin Mays

    Benjamin Mays
    http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/education/benjamin-mays-ca-1894-1984 Benjamin Mays, he was a teacher at Morehouse and South Carolina College. He worked for the Urban League and YMCA which pushed his doctor career back.

  • Herman Talmadge

    Herman Talmadge
    Herman Talmadge Bio Herman Talmadge, he was a white supremacist. He won a very biased election in 1948 against Melvin Thompson. He was then relected in 1950.

  • Martin Luther King Jr.

    Martin Luther King Jr.
    Martin went to public segregated school. He graduated high school at age fifteen. He attended Morehouse College. Through 1957-1968 he traveled all over the states to give speeches. He organized a peaceful demonstration of 250,00 people at Whashington.

  • Brown v. Board Of Education

    Brown v. Board Of Education
    Brown v. Board Of Education, This is were the Supreme Court ruled that segregated schools are unconstituitional. But Georgia held back, Georgia did not put the law into effect until the government demanded them too.

  • 1956 Flag Of Georgia

    1956 Flag Of Georgia
    Half of the flag is Confederate Battle Flag, because 2 senators were intrested on Georgia's Confederate History. When the senators first put out the law it wasn't voted on, but after the case of Brown v. Board Of Education the flag immediately had a confederate battle flag.

  • Lester Maddox

    Lester Maddox
    He tried to win against Hartsfield, but he was not successful.4 Years later he lost again to Ivan Alln Jr. He still wanted Jim Crow Laws. Lester was thought to be a racist violent man

  • SNCC

    SNCC
    SNCC was the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committe. They ran along with the SCLC. Which were both groups who were big durin the Civil Rihs Movement era.

  • The Albany Movement

    The Albany Movement
    The Albany Movement, it lasted through the summer of 1962. The summer was filled with sit-ins and voter registration drives. Created huge attention to Albany.

  • March On Washington

    March On Washington
    March On Washington was a gathering of 250,00 people to do a peaceful demonstration. There is where Martin gave his speech "I Have a Dream". John F. Kenney was really intrested in the march.

  • Civil Right Act

    Civil Right Act
    Civil Rights Act is a decision the disallowed people to disscrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. It ended unequal voting apllications, and unfair workspace and transportation.