8. Concepts: Conflict and Change Individuals and Groups Rule of Law
SS8H11a Describe major developments in civil rights and Georgia’s role during the 1940s and 1950s; include the roles of Herman Talmadge, Benjamin Mays, the 1946 governor’s race and the end of the white primary, Brown v. Board of Education, Martin Luther King, Jr., and the 1956 state flag.
Concepts:
Conflict and Change
Individuals and Groups
Rule of Law 8 8

9. WHAT ROLE DID THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE AND EVENTS PLAY IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT OF THE 1940S and 1950s?
1940s
1950s

10. SOCIAL CHANGE IN AMERICA
WHILE THE REST OF AMERICA WAS EMBRACING SOCIAL EQUALITY AND FAIRNESS BETWEEN WHITE AND BLACK AMERICANS, HERMAN TALMADGE TRIED TO MAINTAIN THE “JIM CROW” LAWS OF SEGREGATION.

11. WHO WAS BENJAMIN MAYS?

12. THIS PICTURE IS FROM A COURT HOUSE IN GEORGIA.
THE SUPREME COURT IN PLESSY V. FERGUSON RULED THAT SEGREGATION WAS LEGAL
AS LONG AS
FACILITIES WERE EQUAL.
DOES THAT LOOK EQUAL?
HOW IRONIC THAT THE WATER FOUNTAINS IN THIS PHOTO ARE IN A COURT HOUSE,
OF ALL PLACES.

13. BROWN v. BOARD OF EDUCATION
SUPREME COURT CASE

14. OVER A DECADE TO FINALLY INTEGRATE?
IF BROWN v. BOARD OF EDUCATION ENDED SEGREGATION IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN 1954, THEN HOW COME IT TOOK SOUTHERN STATES
OVER A DECADE TO FINALLY INTEGRATE?

16. Dr. MARTIN LUTHER KING, Jr.

19. WHAT ROLE DID THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE AND EVENTS PLAY IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT OF THE 1940S and 1950s?
1940s
1950s 19

20. Concepts: Conflict and Change Individuals and Groups Rule of Law
SS8H11b Analyze the role Georgia and prominent Georgians played in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s and 1970s; include such events as the founding of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), Sibley Commission, admission of Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter to the University of Georgia, Albany Movement, March on Washington, Civil Rights Act, the election of Maynard Jackson as mayor of Atlanta, and the role of Lester Maddox.
Concepts:
Conflict and Change
Individuals and Groups
Rule of Law 20 20

21. DESEGREGATING UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
IF BROWN v. BOARD OF EDUCATION ENDED SEGREGATION IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN 1954, THEN HOW COME IT TOOK SOUTHERN STATES
OVER A DECADE TO FINALLY INTEGRATE?
1954
BROWN V.
BOARD OF EDUCATION
1956
GEORGIA
STATE
FLAG
1960
SIBLEY
COMMISSION
1961
DESEGREGATING UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
1964
CIVIL
RIGHTS
ACT
Georgia changed the state flag to protest Brown v. BOE
Georgia was against integration
Supreme Court rules
9-0 that segregation in public schools is illegal - unconstitutional
Georgia had to decide whether to close schools or integrate. The state asked citizens.
Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter became the 1st African-American students to attend UGA.
Segregation of public facilities were outlawed. This was the end of the Jim Crow era.

22. SNCC
STUDENT NON-VIOLENT COORDINATING COMMITTEE
Young blacks and whites organized sit-ins, marches, freedom rides, and voter registration to end segregation in the South.
ALBANY MOVEMENT
Movement to desegregate the city of Albany
SNCC, Martin Luther King, Jr., and the NAACP used non-violent protests, marches, and boycotts. Hundreds were arrested, including Martin Luther King.
1963 MARCH ON
WASHINGTON
Large rally for jobs and freedom
300,000 Americans attended and listened to Martin Luther King, Jr. give his famous “I Have A Dream” speech.
The march helped pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964

23. PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY
“The rights of EVERY man are diminished when the rights of ONE man are threatened.”

24. HOW WOULD CONGRESS VOTE ON THE 1964 CIVIL RIGHTS ACT?

25. 1964 CIVIL RIGHTS ACT HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE VOTE
NORTHERN DEMOCRATS: 145 – 9 (94%-6%)
NORTHERN REPUBLICANS: 138 – 24 (85%-15%)
SOUTHERN DEMOCRATS: 7 – 87 (7%-93%)
SOUTHERN REPUBLICANS: 0-10 (0%-100%)
SENATE VOTE
NORTHERN DEMOCRATS: 45 – 1 (98%-2%)
NORTHERN REPUBLICANS: 27 – 5 (84%-16%)
SOUTHERN DEMOCRATS: 1 – 20 (5%-95%)
SOUTHERN REPUBLICANS: 0 – 1 (0%-100%)
YES VOTES = 290
NO VOTES = 130
YES VOTES = 73
NO VOTES = 27

26. 1964 CIVIL RIGHTS ACT IS PASSED BY CONGRESS AND SIGNED BY PRESIDENT LYNDON B. JOHNSON

27. Concepts: Conflict and Change Individuals and Groups Rule of Law
SS8H11b Analyze the role Georgia and prominent Georgians played in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s and 1970s; include such events as the founding of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), Sibley Commission, admission of Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter to the University of Georgia, Albany Movement, March on Washington, Civil Rights Act, the election of Maynard Jackson as mayor of Atlanta, and the role of Lester Maddox.
Concepts:
Conflict and Change
Individuals and Groups
Rule of Law 27 27

28. SS8H11c Discuss the impact of Andrew Young on Georgia.
Concept:
Individuals and Groups 28 28

29. WHAT IMPACT DID MAYNARD JACKSON, LESTER MADDOX, AND ANDREW YOUNG HAVE ON GEORGIA?

31. First African-American mayor of Atlanta in 1973
Expanded Hartsfield Airport, now called Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport
Helped bring the 1996 Olympics to Atlanta
Segregationist - Became Governor of Georgia in 1967
Became more compassionate by appointing more blacks to positions in government than any other governor before him and integrated the Georgia State Patrol.
Leader in Civil Rights movement with Martin Luther King
1st African-American elected to US House of Representatives from Georgia since Reconstruction
UN Ambassador and mayor of Atlanta who also helped bring the Olympics to Atlanta