PATHING THE WAY; AFRICAN-AMERICAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO GEORGIA HISTORY

GPS–Georgia performance standards SS8H7 The student will evaluate key political, social, and economic changes that occurred in Georgia between 1877 and b. Explain the roles of Booker T. Washington, W. E. B. DuBois, John and Lugenia Burns Hope, and Alonzo Herndon. SS8H11 The student will evaluate the role of Georgia in the modern civil rights movement. a.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. 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. Other prominent African Americans: Walter White, and John Robert Lewis,

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Booker T Washington is best known for the speech he delivered in Atlanta in1895; The Atlanta compromise. Booker T Washington has remained a controversial figure in African-American history due to this speech. Booker T. spoke about blacks pursuing agricultural rather than legal and political means to advance economically. Booker T. Washington's speech appealed to both blacks and white’s Did you know.. Booker T Washington was the first African-American to be featured on a United States postal stamp? Contribution(s) to Georgia history Booker T. Washington ( )

William Edward Burghardt "W. E. B." Du Bois was an American sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, educator, author and editor. From Du Bois contributed immensely to the black intellectual and activist community and produced a number of studies that explored the social, economic, and political conditions of African Americans in Georgia and across the United States. Did you know.. W.E.B Dubois is one of the co founders of the NAACP? Contribution(s) to Georgia history W.E.B Dubois ( )

Born in Augusta, GA; John Burns-Hope became the first African-American president of Morehouse in 1906 and in 1929 John became the first African American president of Atlanta University (Clark Atlanta). Under his guidance, Clark Atlanta became the first African- American college in the nation to focus on graduate education for African- American students. Lugenia Burns-Hope is best known for her Atlanta neighborhood union created in1908; used to better the lives, and schools of African-Americans. Contribution(s) to Georgia history John & Lugenia Burns-Hope ( ) ( )

Born in Social Circle, GA; Alonzo Herndon was founder and president of the Atlanta Life Insurance Company one of the most successful black-owned insurance businesses in the nation. He was heavily involved in the community, he donated resources and funds to many Atlanta Charities. At the time of his death in 1927, he was also Atlanta’s wealthiest black citizen, owning more property than any other African American. Did you know… Contribution(s) to Georgia history Alonzo Herndon ( )

Born in Atlanta, GA; Walter White served as chief secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) from 1929 to For the next ten years White's primary responsibility was conducting undercover investigations of lynching's and race riots. Using his fair complexion to his advantage. Did you know.. Walter White graduated from Clark Atlanta in 1916? Contribution(s) to Georgia history Walter White ( )

Reverend Henry Hugh Proctor was the first African American pastor of First Congregational Church in Atlanta, serving from 1894 until key figure in the Social Gospel movement and a significant precursor of the civil rights movement. Did you know.. Reverend Proctor helped path the way for Martin Luther King and other African-American pastors from the south? Proctors church was used as a place for blacks to socialize and to hide during the Atlanta race riots. W.E.B Dubois was one of his closest friends, they both attended Fisk University together. Contribution(s) to Georgia history Rev. Henry Hugh Proctor

History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again- Maya Angelou Pathing the way…

A social movement in the United States whose goal was to end racial segregation and discrimination against African- Americans. The civil rights movement

Contribution(s) to Georgia history - Benjamin Elijah Mays was a United States minister, educator, scholar, social activist and the president of Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia from 1940 to Did you know.. - Benjamin E. Mays was one of Martin Luther King’s mentors during the civil rights movement? - - Benjamin E Mays has a high school named after him in his honor. Benjamin E. Mays “It isn't a disgrace not to reach the stars, but it is a disgrace to have no stars to reach for”. ( )

Contribution(s) to Georgia history John Robert Lewis is an American politician and civil rights leader. He is the U.S. Representative for Georgia's 5th congressional district, serving since 1987, and is the dean of the Georgia congressional delegation. - In 1963 Lewis was elected chair of the Student nonviolent coordinating committee in Atlanta, GA. Did you know.. John Lewis was a speaker at the march on Washington in 1963 John R. Lewis

Born in Atlanta, GA; Martin Luther King, Jr. was an American pastor, activist, humanitarian, and leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. King’s church (Ebenezer Baptist) was the first official meeting point for black leaders to discuss the civil rights movement. Martin Luther King believed in non-violent protesting such as: marches, sit-ins, speeches, and boycotts. Did you know.. Martin Luther King’s real name was Michael King? Contribution(s) to Georgia history Martin Luther King Jr. ( )

Contribution(s) to Georgia history Born in Atlanta, Ga; Hamilton E. Holmes along with Charlayne Hunter- Gault were the first two African-American students admitted to the University of Georgia. These two brave people desegregated UGA in Upon arrival to UGA both Holmes and Gault were threatened and had to be escorted by police on campus. Did you know.. Hamilton E. Holmes was also the first African- American to attend Emory University. Charlayne Hunter-Gault wrote a book titled: In my place Hamilton E Holmes ( ) & Charlayne Hunter-Gault “I think that the thing that we learned back in the day of the civil rights movement is that you do have to keep on keeping on” - Charlayne Hunter-Gault

In 1973 Maynard Jackson was elected mayor of Atlanta, making him the first African-American mayor of Atlanta, GA/ the first African-American mayor of a major southern city. His crowning achievement was building the massive new terminal at Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport. Later named Hartsfield-Jackson in his honor. Did you know.. Maynard Jackson served as mayor for 8 years. Graduated from Morehouse College Contribution(s) to Georgia history Maynard Jackson ( )

Informal assessment 1.What was Booker T. Washington best known for? 2.Who was the leader of the civil rights movement? 3. Who used his fair completion to investigate lynching's in white neighborhoods? 4. What is the title of Charlayne Hunter-Gault’s book? 5. Who was the first African-American president of Morehouse and Clark Atlanta? 6. Who was the first African-American mayor of Atlanta?

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