Review Terms/Events Brown vs. Board of Education Sibley Commission Integration of UGA Election of Maynard Jackson

End of white primary in GA What was the white primary? Only white Democrats could vote in primaries Party primaries are not real elections 1946-Democratic party voted to abandon white primary

State Flag Controversy Originally based on state militia flag from Civil War Changed in 1879, 1920, and 1956 Zell Miller made campaign promise to change, but never did Gov. Roy Barnes (without referendum) changed flag in 2001 Gov. Purdue proposed a vote and flag was changed again in 2004

Georgia’s Flags over the years Militia Flag Stars & Bars

GA’s Flags cont… 1879 Flag 1920 Flag

Confederate Battle Flag GA’s Flags cont… 1956 Flag Confederate Battle Flag

GA’ Flags cont… 2001 Flag 2004 Flag

SNCC Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, 1960-1966 1960-sit in at Woolworth’s lunch counter Founded at Shaw U (Raleigh, NC) Congressman John Lewis & NAACP chairman Julian Bond were prominent figures Issues-nonviolence, Vietnam, white liberalism, feminism, and black power Events-sit-ins, Freedom Rides, freedom ballots, and Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, March on Washington

Albany Movement SNCC conducting voter registration drive 7 local black organizations (+ SNCC) formed organization to end segregation in the city through negotiation rather than violence (called Albany Movement), 1961 Year of mass meetings, protest marches, and arrests; county and surrounding county jails full MLK, Jr. was asked to help; led several hundred marchers to pray at city hall Movement seen as failure b/c many dropped out and city refused to integrate

March on Washington August 28, 1968 Freedom rides/buses brought protestors to Washington, D.C. 250,000 protestors, 60,000 whites Lincoln Memorial John Lewis gave fiery speech; MLK delivered “I have a dream” speech Televised event show the nation blacks and whites together Musicians performed No violence erupted

M.O.W. Demands 1. Passage of "meaningful" civil-rights legislation at this session of Congress- no filibusting. 2. Immediate elimination of all racial segregation in public schools throughout the nation. 3. A big program of public works to provide jobs for all the nations' unemployed, including job training and a placement program. 4. A federal law prohibiting racial discrimination in hiring workmen- either public or private. 5. $2-an-hour minimum wage, across the board, nationwide. 6. Withholding of federal funds from programs in which discrimination exists. 7. Enforcement of the Fourteenth Amendment, reducing congressional representation of states where citizens are disenfranchised. 8. A broadened Fair Labor Standards Act to include currently-excluded employment areas. 9. Authority for the Attorney General to institute injunctive suits when any constitutional right is violated.

Civil Rights Act of 1964 landmark piece of legislation outlawed racial segregation in schools, public places, and employment bill was amended prior to passage to protect women, and explicitly included white people for the first time created the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission