The Civil Rights Movement People of the Movement Events of the Movement Groups of the Movement Legislation of the Movement

People of the Movement

Head of SCLC. Organized bus boycott. Involved in Selma marches *Head of SCLC *Organized bus boycott *Involved in Selma marches *Believed in nonviolent protest *Received Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 *Assassinated in 1968 Martin Luther King, Jr.

Georgia governor (1967-1971) Believed in segregation Fought federal civil rights efforts Encouraged people to have children enroll in private school rather than integrate Ended up appointing more blacks than other governors Lester Maddox

1st black mayor of major Southern city 1st black mayor of Atlanta in 1973 Maynard Jackson

-Served in U.S. Congress; first Black congressman since Reconstruction -Ambassador to the United Nations -Elected mayor of Atlanta 1982 -Helped Atlanta win bid for 1996 Olympics Andrew Young

U.S. Representative John Lewis Seeks civil rights for all Americans Keynote speaker at the 1963 March on Washington Led 600 marchers in Selma, Alabama and beaten by Alabama State troopers 1986, elected to U.S. House of Representatives – still there today U.S. Representative John Lewis

Events of the Movement

-Led by Dr. William Anderson -Massive boycotts and sit-ins at major department stores and restaurants in Albany, Georgia -Not much media attention, movement collapses Albany Movement

-Large political protest rally -Goal to convince President JFK to sign Civil Rights Bill -More than 200,000 people -MLK Jr. gave “I have a dream” speech March on Washington

Groups of Movement

Goal was to organize students on campuses One of most active groups in Civil Rights movement Involved in nearly every major peaceful campaign SNCC

Formed in Georgia Goal to discover how people felt about integration Found people would rather close schools than integrate Sibley Commission

Southern Christian Leadership Conference Founded in 1957 by MLK Leaders preached love and nonviolence Important role in many campaigns 1957 to 1965 SCLC

Legislation of the Movement

Supreme Court decision that desegregated public schools in 1954 NAACP chief lawyer Thurgood Marshall argued the case Unanimous ruling from Warren Court Brown v. Board of Education

1956 new GA flag approved After Brown decision, some saw it as protest of desegregation Others said it reflected heritage Changed in 2001 and then again in 2003 Georgia 1956 flag

Signed by Lyndon Johnson…tougher bill than JFK proposed Outlawed discrimination and segregation based on race, nationality, and gender Civil Rights Act 1964