A law that ended discrimination based on race or gender
Civil Rights Act 1964
100
A form of protest in which African Americans sat at segregated lunch counters and requested service
Sit in
100
1932-present, an African American activist and politician. He worked for the SCLC, organizing black voter registration in Ga, and other parts of the U.S. during the Civil Rights Movement.
Andrew Young
100
Governor of Ga from 1967-71, he had been a vocal opponent of racial integration for years. His policies as governor on racial matters proved surprisingly moderate and many Georgians’, including African Americans, supported him.
Lester Maddox
100
A civil rights movement centered in Georgia, that used nonviolent resistance to protest the various forms of segregation in this particular town.
Albany Movement
200
1954 Supreme Court decision that ended segregation in public schools
Brown v Board of Edu
200
A boycott of the Montgomery, Alabama, public bus system to protest its policy of segregation
Montgomery Bus Boycott
200
An African American minister, educator, and social activist, he served as president of Morehouse College. Formed a relationship with MLK, while he was a student at Morehouse & continued to mentor him
Benjamin Mays
200
nonviolent protest leader of the Civil Rights Movement
MLK
200
Committee authorized by Georgia Assembly to collect public opinion on integration before recommending what actions to take to satisfy federal requirements to integrate schools.
Sibley Commission
300
1963, a huge demonstration organized by MLK, Jr. to protest racial discrimination.
March on Washington
300
A declaration by 100 Southern members of Congress in 1956, indicating their resistance to desegregation
Southern Manifesto
300
African American leader and activist in the civil rights movement, born in Atl, attended Morehouse College. Founded the SCLC, with a group of southern ministers, a group that managed the southern civil rights movement.
MLK
300
Leader of the Nation of Islam, believed African AMericans should respond to violence with violence
Malcolm X
300
An organization established by ministers and civil rights leaders in ATL in 1957, with MLK as president
SCLC
400
Provided new powers to the federal government to protect African Americans’ voting rights
Voting Rights Act of 1965
400
A political party created by Southern Democrats in 1948 in protest of the Democratic Party platform that included civil rights support
Dixiecrat
400
African American Student, he attempted to enroll at the racially segregated University of Georgia in 1959. He was denied. He and Charlayne Hunter sued the school and continued to apply for admission. A court order forced the university to admit them in 1960, they graduated in 1963.
Hamilton Holmes
400
A series of protests in Albany, Georgia, that included sit ins, boycotts, legal actions, and demonstrations
Albany Movement
400
march in Washington DC, to get Congress to enact civil rights legislation
March on Washington
500
A group organized to promote civil rights for African Americans through nonviolent protests.
SNCC
500
President Franklin D Roosevelt’s law that prohibited discrimination against defense workers because of race, creed, color, or national orgin.
Executive order 8802
500
Elected mayor of ATL in 1973, he was the first African American to serve as mayor of a major southern city. In the election, he won ¼ of the white vote.
Maynard Jackson
500
first African American woman from lower south elected to state legislature
Grace Town Hamilton
500
a group of African Americans who advocated violence for self defense to attain civil rights