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3 Govenors Controversy
After using the County Unit system to win offic, Eugene Talmage was dying. thousands of people argued on who would follow him. the line was split between white supremacists and blacks. -
Brown vs. Board of Education
The case, ruling to desegregate public schools, was struck with widespread hatred across the south. Georgia's govenment did what it could to resist the ruling, but in the end the Sibley Commission decided to leave desegregation in the hands of the public school system. -
State flag
After the controversy of the Brown vs. Board of Education case, Georgia added the symbol of the confederate flag to show their disaproval of civil rights. the motto was changed to wisdom, justice, and moderation. -
SNCC
In response to the success of the Woolworth's lunch counter sit in, students formed the Student Non-violent Coordinating Comittee. -
Albany Movement
Three SNCC members started the movementto end segregation in Albany. In response, thousands of protesters were arrested. -
Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes in UGA
they were the first ever black students allowed into UGA. -
March on Washington
250,000 citizens—blacks, whites, Indians,Hispanics, and others—gathered and marched in Washington, D.C. The highlight of the gathering was a speech by King, from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. The march generated support for the civil rights movement. -
Martin Luther King jr.
MLK gave his famous," I have a dream," speech at the march on washington. He is the most famous civil rights leader today, and has his own holiday. he's been arrested many times. -
Civil Rights act
The law prohibited segregation in any public facility in the United states, and was widely hated by the south and Georgia. -
Lester Maddox
After a long struggle to make it into office, Maddox, as govenor, resisted the civil rights act of 1964. his image was destroyed when a photograph of him violently rejecting three black activists from his popular restaurant, the Pickrick cafeteria, with axe handles. -
Voting rights act
The act promissed equal voting rights among blacks and whites by making all voting based laws up to the federal government. -
Benjamin Mays
After retiring, Mays became an active civil rights speaker. He was one of Martin Luther King jr's leadin mentors. -
Congressman Andrew Young
Young was the very first congressman from Georgia in the twentieth century. -
Maynard Jackson's election
Jackson became the very first black mayor of Atlanta.
