1. Ga’s role in Civil Rights Movement

2. Event/Group Date DescriptionImpact on Ga/US End of white primary 1946Practice in 1900; it didn’t allow blacks to vote in primary (therefore blacks would not hold office) Blacks are able to vote in primaries; however blacks can’t hold office

3. Event/Group Date DescriptionImpact on Ga/US Brown vs. Board of Ed 1954Linda Brown tried to enroll in white school; denied & attend a black school several miles away-SC ruled separate but equal is unconstitutional Most schools refused to integrate; General Assembly voted to cut off funds to schools that did not integrate

4. Event/Group Date DescriptionImpact on Ga/US Adoption of the 1956 state flag 1956Adopted state flag w/confeder ate banner emblem; 100 th anniversary of civil war Ga a negative image until 70s-80s. Led to vote by citizens for current flag (2003)

5. Event/Group Date DescriptionImpact on Ga/US SNCC(stude nt nonviolent coordinating committee) 1960 Students/ young people working w/SCLC to end segregation; sit ins, freedom rides Organized in ATL; got students involved & voice in civil rights movement

6. Event/Group Date DescriptionImpact on Ga/US Sibley Commission 1960 14 members study the issue of integration in GA; held public hearings and made recommendatio ns to allow school districts decide on integration. Districts could either abide or close. Many private schools open; ATL public worked to remain open

7. Event/Group Date DescriptionImpact on Ga/US Albany Movement 1961Began in 1961 activists sat in white only room of bus station; arrested. MLK and others participated in march Nat’l coverage of arrests; biracial committee was est. to study integration in Albany; Albany did not desegregate but activists developed better strategies

8. Event/Group Date DescriptionImpact on Ga/US March on Washington 1963 250,000 citizens of all races marched in nation’s capital to demonstrate support for the civil rights movement; MLK “I Have a Dream Speech” Federal civil rights legislation was passed the next year- Civil Rights Act of 1964

9. Event/Group Date DescriptionImpact on Ga/US Civil Rights of 1964 1964 Prohibit racial discrimination in employment, labor unions, & public facilities. Allow gov’t to withhold federal funds from schools refusing to desegregate Open public facilities to everyone; penalized co and states not operating fairly in areas of housing, public access and employment