1. The Civil Rights Movement
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The Civil Rights Movement

2. Slow Beginnings Herman Talmadge Governor (1948-1951)
After his father’s death, the General Assembly selected him to replace his father
Resisted desegregation of schools
Implemented GA’s first state sales tax
Money was used to improve public school systems

3. Benjamin E. Mays
Distinguished African American minister, scholar, and activist
Presided over Morehouse College
Emphasized
The inherent dignity of all
Differences between ideals America and actual practices in American society
MLK used his ideas to further the CRM

4. Brown v. Board of Education
In 1954, the US Supreme Court ruled that schools must be desegregated
This ruling helped launch the modern civil rights movement

5. 1956 Georgia Flag
In 1955, John Sammons Bell (GA’s Democratic Party Leader) wanted to change the GA flag to incorporate the Confederate Flag
In 1956, the General Assembly voted to change the flag
People received this change as a statement against the Brown v. Board decision
This move was seen as a recognition of GA’s Civil War past.

6. Martin Luther King, Jr. Principal leader of the modern CRM
He was a clergyman and advocate for non-violent protest
Attended Morehouse College
Began career after the arrest of Rosa Parks
African Americans boycotted the buses after Ms. Park’s arrest
Took risk to his own safety and that of his family to progress Civil Rights for all

7. MLK continued
MLK led and participated in marches and protests calling for equal rights for all
Believed many problems were caused the economic inequalities in society
Killed by an assassin in Memphis, TN in 1968
January holiday commemorates his birthday

8. The Civil Rights Movement
SNCC
Sibley Commission
Integration of UGA
Albany Movement
March on Washington
Civil Rights Act of 1964

9. Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Group grew out of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
Encouraged young people (both black and white) to use peaceful protest to gain equal rights
Sit-ins
Freedom riders
Protested by riding on segregated buses

10. Sibley Commission
Gathered information about how people felt about desegregation
Founded by Governor Ernest Vandiver
Report decreased resistance against desegregation
Local school boards with methods to slow down the desegregation process
Desegregation finally began in GA in the late 1960s

11. African Americans enter UGA
Charlayne hunter and Hamilton Holmes were the first blacks admitted to UGA in 1961
The Hunter-Holmes building at UGA is named after them, and it was the site of their registration

12. Albany Movement
The goal of this movement was to desegregate the Albany, Georgia region
The groups involved:
SNCC
Youth Council of the NAACP
Baptist Ministerial Alliance
Federation of Women’s Clubs
Negro Voters League

13. March on Washington
Site of the famous “I Have a Dream” speech by MLK, Jr.
Five goals of march:
Meaningful Civil Rights laws
Massive federal works program
Full and fair employment
Decent housing, the right to vote
Adequate integrated education

14. Civil Rights Act of 1964 Signed by Lyndon Johnson
Three main provision:
Guaranteed equal voting rights
Prohibited segregation in public places
Banned segregation by trade unions, schools, and employers involved in interstate commerce or business with the federal government

15. Lester Maddox Became governor of GA in 1967
Because he was popular with Georgians who favored segregation, many feared he would return widespread segregation to the state
Requested huge police presence at MLK, Jr.’s funeral which kept many blacks from attending

16. African Americans Take Office
In 1973, Maynard Jackson was elected the first African American mayor of Atlanta- the first in a major southern city
Jackson encouraged a number of Affirmative Action programs

17. Andrew Young
An aide to Martin Luther King, Jr. during the Civil Rights Movement
Served as an executive director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
First African American from Georgia to be elected to Congress since the 1860s.