Known as the last overtly segregationist Governor of Georgia. Used an ax handle to forcefully remove minorities who tried to integrate his restaurant, "The Pickrick Cafe." Later closed the restaurant rather than integrate.
Who is Lester Maddox?
100
Embarrassment to Georgia, Eugene Talmadge died before taking office after the election of 1946 leaving 3 mean all claiming the Governor's office.
What was the Three Governors Controversy?
100
1950 Supreme Court Case that struck down "seperate but equal" concept and paved way to public school integration
What is Brown v. Board of Education
100
Organization that recommended that individual school districts be allowed to choose for themselves whether to integrate or close.
What is the Sibley Commission
100
The protection and privileges given to all citizens by the Constitution.
What are Civil Rights?
200
President of Morehouse College who became known as mentor for Martin Luther King, Jr. He traveled to India to learn strategies of non-violent protest from Gandhi.
Who was Benjamin Mays?
200
Title of Martin Luther King's famous speech given on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington.
What is "I Have a Dream"
200
1955 arrest of this African American whose actions sparked the bus company boycott in Montogmery, AL, making Martin Luther King a national figure in the Civil Rights Movement.
Who is Rosa Parks
200
Organization formed from high school and college students who worked for civil rights for minorities through peaceful non-violent means.
What was the Student Non-Violent Corrdinating Committee (SNCC)
200
Passed after the March on Washington, required the integration of all public facilities and prohibited discrimination in business and labor unions
What is the Civil Rights Act
300
The Georgia General Assembly change the state flag in 1956 as act of resistance showing their disdain for this Supreme Court Case ruling.
What was Brown v. Board of Education?
300
An unsuccessful attempt to gain civil rights that was looked at by leaders as an important learning experience.
What was the Albany Movement
300
in 1961, the University of Georgia's first African American students
Who are Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes
300
Aide to Martin Luther King, Jr., SCLC Executive Director, US House of Representative, Atlanta mayor, US Ambassador, Co-Chairman of 1996 Summer Olympics
Who is Andrew Young
300
Passed as a result of the March on Washington, prohibited states from imposing any voting qualification on voting or deny the right of any citizen the right to vote on account of race or color.
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965
400
Govenor and US Senator worked to create laws that helped impoverished rural Georgia
Who was Herman Talmadge
400
Considered the turning point in U.S. race relations because black soldiers fought and died along side white soldiers. Following this event the U.S. military was desegregated.
What is the World War II
400
First elected African American mayor of major southern city in 1973
Who was Maynard Jackson
400
Gave an unfair advantage to rural voters and helped to disenfranchise the black population. Ended by a court decision which went unchallenged by Ellis Arnal.
The County Unit System
400
International events held in 1996 in the GA cities of Atlanta, Savannah, Columbus, Athens, Gainesville, and Cleveland
What is the 1996 Summer Olympics Games
500
Campaign manager during his father's fourth election campaign. After his father died before taking office, he was appointed Governor by the General Assembly making him a part of the three Governors Controversy.
Who was Herman Talmadge?
500
Awarded the Nobel peace prize for his work in the civil rights movement, the spokesperson for the Montgomery Bus Boycott. His dedication to non-violent protest led to him being known as the leader of the modern civil rights movement.
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr.?
500
1967 GA govenor who supported segregation, but later became pro-Civil Rights
Who was Lester Maddox
500
Known as the SCLC, this group's goal was to end segregation through non-violent means.
What is the Southern Christian Leadership Conference?
500
Members of civil rights groups, trained in non-violent protest, boarded buses in Washington intending to travel though the deep south challenging segregationist practices.