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1946 Governor;s Race
*Herman Talmadge was going to be next governor since Eugene (his dad) died
*There was three different governors who then were going to be governor, the ltn. governor, the current governor, and him
*Herman ended up winning special election against ltn. governor -
Herman Talmadge: Governor for Real
*Opponent of Civil Rights
*Resisted all attempts at integrated public schools
*Democrat
*Biggest critic to the fact that segregation was declared unconstitutional -
Brown vs. Board of Education
Brown vs Board Primary Document*A case in Kansas between Oliver Brown (African American) and the Board of Education
* Oliver believed that the segregated schools weren't equal and that his daughter had to travel way farther to get to her school when the white school was way closer
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Benjamin Mays
*A black man who was the president of Morehouse college
*Taught Martin Luther King Jr.
*His two main focuses in life-The dignity of all human beings and the incompalility of American Democratic ideas and their social practices- became the main focuses of the Civil rights movement -
Georgia's New State Flag
*Congress changed the flag because they were mad at the Supreme Court for making segregation unconstitional
*They were trying to prove that they will always keep segregation no matter what
*Others wanted the flag because it marked the centennial of the Civil War -
Sibley Commission
*The General Assembly of Schools
*The governor was stuck between whether to close all Atlanta schools or to desegregate them.
*Called in lawyer-John Sibley-to be head commissioner
*Sibley opposed integration and believed that if he persuaded school boards to not segregate then they would make the decision themselves not to
*It backfired and all Atlanta schools plus UGA become desegregated -
SNCC
*Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
*Led sit-ins at lunch counters
*Made to plan youth-led nonviolent, direct action campaigns -
Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter to UGA
Students arguing about integration at UGA
*Both wanted to attend UGA, but they were black and UGA hadn't been desegregated.
*Once it did, there were protests and riots when they tried to go to school
*They temporary couldn't go to school there until some court orders were made involving the desegregation and then they were back attending classes -
Albany Movement
Political Cartoon
*SNCC volunteers,NAACP, the Baptist Ministeral Alliance, the Federation of Women's Clubs, Negroes Voters League, and more
*Staged mass rallies and demonstrations to protest -
March on Washington
Primary Documents from March on Washington
*One of the largest rallies for human rights
*200,000 - 300,000 people there
*No marchers had protest signs
*After everyone crowded, the next day Martin Luther King Jr, gave his "I have a dream" speech which he believed would
ended segregation. -
Martin Luther King Jr.
*In 1955 was asked to lead a bus boycott and ended up being a symbol of black protest
*Participated in many non-violent actions like sit-ins in segregated facilities
*Spoke the "I had a dream" speech whiched made him the most famous black spokesperson
*Next year after the speech, the civil rights act was passed -
Civil Rights Act
The Actual Bill
*Outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin -
Lester Maddox
*For desegregation
*Appointed African Americans to work in government positions
*Once Martin Luther King Jr. died, he overreacted by having many police officers around, and not letting flags be half-mast -
Atlanta Mayor, Maynard Jackson
*First African American mayor to serve for a major southern city
*Ensured minor business had municipal contracts
*Built new terminal at Atlanta airport -
Andrew Young
*Organized "citizenship schools" to train civic leaders
*Was a trusted aide of Martin Luther King Jr.
*Organized voter registration and desegregation campaigns in Albany
* After Kings death, became the first African American since Reconstruction to be elected to the Congress
