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

2. 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

3. 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

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

5. GA’s Flags cont…
1879 Flag
1920 Flag

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

7. GA’ Flags cont…
2001 Flag
2004 Flag

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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.

12. 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