Civil Rights 1
Author of the "I have a dream" speech
Who is Dr.Martin L. King Jr.
Passed by Congress on Jan. 31, 1865, and abolished slavery in the United States.
What is the 13th amendment
Created by Abraham Lincoln, ended slavery in all confederate states
Emancipation Proclomation
In 1868, it was added to the Constitution to grant due process and equal protection under the law to African Americans. Granting citizenship rights
What is the 14th amendment
Founder of Ga
James Oglethorpe
SCLC
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Forner sharecropper who learned the trade of barbering, and eventually became a millionaire
Alonzo Herndon
He was the civil rights lawyer who successfully argued Brown v Board of Education before the Supreme Court then went on to become the first African American Supreme Court Justice from 1968 and served until his retirement in 1991.
Thurgood Marshall
Created the NAACP and felt blacks should protest for equal rights, immediately
W.E.B Dubois
Forced removal of Native Americans from Ga
Trail of Tears
Meeting of Georgia citizens where they discussed if schools should integrate
Sibley Commission
He signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Who is Lendon B. Johnson
In 1870, it was added to the Constitution to grant African Americans the right to vote, including former slaves.
What is the 15th amendment
SNCC
Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee
The head of the executive branch for the state of Georgia
Governor
In 1896, the U.S. Supreme Court decision in this case upheld an 1890 Louisiana statute mandating racially segregated but equal railroad cars. The ruling stated the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution dealt with political and not social equality. Made Segregation legal in the U.S
What is Plessy vs Fergueson
he Civil Rights Act of 1964 allowed the federal government to enforce desegregation and prohibits discrimination in public facilities, in government and in employment. The ____ laws in the South were abolished, and it became illegal to compel segregation of the races in schools, housing or hiring.
The Jim Crow Laws
Known as an accommodationist. Believed blacks should learn a trade before asking for equal rights
Booker T. Washington
John Lewis
a scheme by which Georgia legislators were bribed in 1795 to sell most of the land now making up the state
Yazoo Land Fraud
This person refused to integrate his restaurant in Atlanta and fought against integration in the state of GA. He became Governor of GA
Who is Lester Maddox
Young people who went to segregated lunch counters participated in what became known as
Sit-Ins
n 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court's unanimously ruled in this landmark case that public school segregation was unconstitutional and paved the way for desegregation.
Brown vs Board of Education
Georgia changed it's state flag to show opposition to this case
Brown vs Board of Education
During the American Revolution, these people fought for independence and against Great Britain
Patriots