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White Primary is abolished in Georgia
researchWhite primaries were primary elections in the South United States in which case any non-White voter were not allowed to join. White primaries were found in many Southern States after 1890 about until 1944. After nine years the court decided that the white primary did go against the Constitution. -
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integration of the Armed Forces
researchpicThis is when blacks joined the army. They were mostly enslaved blacks who escaped in the South although there were many northern black as well. More than 180,000 blacks served with the Union Army and Navy during the Civil War in segregated units known as the US Colored Troops under the command of white officers. Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the order. -
Brown vs board of education
picreseachThis took place in topeka, Kansas. It was the ending of the segregation thing that was happening in the schools. It was a big deal in the supreme court they called it a landmark decision. 17 states required racial segregation and 16 prohibited it.The decision even overturned the plessy vs. Ferguson decision of 1896. -
Rosa Parks and the Montgomery BusBoycott
researchRosa Parks was born on February 4, 1913, in alabama. Rosa Parks was an investagater for sexual assault cases. The white people got to sit in front of the bus and the black people had to sit in the back. Once it got full the the black people had to stand up so the white people could sit. After all the pressure put on the court systems they finaly said it was unconstitutional. -
change to georgia's state flag
state flagThe flag had two red stripes and one white stripe. It had the state coat of arms on it. That was taken from the the state seal. The flag has 13 stars to say that ga is the 13 colony. The flags nickname was stars and bars. -
Crisis at Central High School and the “Little Rock Nine
Nine The Little Rock Nine were a group of nine black students, who went to Little Rock High School. Garuds would not let the kid in the school on the first day. Mobs of white people followed them around saying they were gonna hang them. Orval Faubus caused all of this. -
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Integration of The University of Georgia
reserch Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes were two black students who wanted to go to UGA and wernt allowed to. Finaly there were allowed to go. The both graduated. -
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Birmingham, AL protests
research The point of this protest was to point out the laws blacks thought were unfair. Martin Luther King, Jr. led the protest. They were arested. -
March on Washington DC
research The point of the protest was to get jobs and freedom. Martin Luther King, Jr. led this protest. This protest helped pass the voting act and the civil rights act. -
16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham bombed
research They bombed the church because it was a black church. The bombing killed four girls. -
John F. Kennedy assassinated
researchDealey Plaza Dallas Texas was where he was killed. Lee Harvey Oswald killed Kennedy. -
Civil Rights Act 1964 passed
research It ended the law that blacks couldnt vote. It ended The segragation of schools. It was singed by President Lyndon B. Johnson. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965 passed
research This act ended the 15 Amendment and the voting laws. Blacks can now vote. This act was singed by President Lyndon B. Johnson. -
Summerhill Race Riot (Atlanta)
pic THe white people gave faulse information about the black people. This started a race war. -
MLK assassinated
research he was killed at Lorraine Motel in tennessee. James Ray killed him. A lot of cities across the US were afected by the killing of MLK. -
all GA schools integrated
research The schools were finally put together. At the school the black kids had black teachers and a black principal.
