Martin Luther King Jr.
A civil rights leader who led the march on Washington and did several other major civil rights related things
William B. Hartsfield
The father of Atlanta Aviation, longest serving Mayor.
Major League Sports
Sports held by leagues like the NFL, MLB, NBA, and more.
Ivan Allen, Jr.
Supported the needs of African Americans, and was for desegregation.
Ellis Arnall
Allowed the youth old enough in the military to vote for the leader of their country.
Herman Talmadge
Governor of Georgia from 1948 to 1955, was like his father when it came to being governor, made the school year 9 months, and was a white supremacist
Benjamin Mays
6th president of Morehouse College and revived the college as well.
1946 Governor's Race
Made Georgia look incompetent when the state government couldn't choose a governor, because three people, Herman Talmadge, Melvin Thompson, and Ellis Arnall, all argued why they should be governor.
Brown vs Board of Education
A court case where the Supreme Court decided that Separate but Equal is unconstitutional and unequal.
1956 State Flag
Georgia decided to cause controversy by making 2/3 of their flag to St. Andrews Cross (A.K.A. The Confederate Battle Flag), which made people really angry.
White Primary
Laws that made it so Whites could only vote in a primary Election, which also meant that, since many Southern Whites were democrats, the elections in the south will always be in the democrats favor.
Sibley Commission
A commission to make sure all Georgia schools are integrated.
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Civil Rights activist group that used nonviolent protests and is mostly composed of students.
Holmes and Hunter
Who?
Albany Movement
First major movement in the civil rights movement.
March on Washington
The march that made the president sign a bill guaranteeing Civil Rights.
Civil Rights act
The act that guaranteed colored people full civil rights.
Maynard Jackson
The first black mayor in Atlanta Georgia
Lester Maddox
A, "strident racist" who is a politician in Georgia
Andrew Young
A civil rights activist who got a seat in Congress in 1970.
Martin Luther King Jr.
A civil rights leader who led the march on Washington and did several other major civil rights related things
William B. Hartsfield
The father of Atlanta Aviation, longest serving Mayor.
Major League Sports
Sports held by leagues like the NFL, MLB, NBA, and more.
Ivan Allen, Jr.
Supported the needs of African Americans, and was for desegregation.
Ellis Arnall
Allowed the youth old enough in the military to vote for the leader of their country.
Herman Talmadge
Governor of Georgia from 1948 to 1955, was like his father when it came to being governor, made the school year 9 months, and was a white supremacist
Benjamin Mays
6th president of Morehouse College and revived the college as well.
1946 Governor's Race
Made Georgia look incompetent when the state government couldn't choose a governor, because three people, Herman Talmadge, Melvin Thompson, and Ellis Arnall, all argued why they should be governor.
Brown vs Board of Education
A court case where the Supreme Court decided that Separate but Equal is unconstitutional and unequal.
1956 State Flag
Georgia decided to cause controversy by making 2/3 of their flag to St. Andrews Cross (A.K.A. The Confederate Battle Flag), which made people really angry.
White Primary
Laws that made it so Whites could only vote in a primary Election, which also meant that, since many Southern Whites were democrats, the elections in the south will always be in the democrats favor.
Sibley Commission
A commission to make sure all Georgia schools are integrated.
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Civil Rights activist group that used nonviolent protests and is mostly composed of students.
Holmes and Hunter
Who?
Albany Movement
First major movement in the civil rights movement.
March on Washington
The march that made the president sign a bill guaranteeing Civil Rights.
Civil Rights act
The act that guaranteed colored people full civil rights.
Maynard Jackson
The first black mayor in Atlanta Georgia
Lester Maddox
A, "strident racist" who is a politician in Georgia
Andrew Young
A civil rights activist who got a seat in Congress in 1970.