Martin Luther King, Jr.'s speech at the March on Washington.
What is the "I have a dream..." speech?
100
In 1950 when a little girl tried to enroll in a white school so she wouldn't have to walk through dangerous work sites, her father and the NAACP took their case to the Supreme Court.
What is the Brown vs. Board of Education
100
The civil rights leader who was influenced by Ghandi, sponsered the Albany movement, led the Montgomery Bus Boycott, and March on Washington.
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr.?
100
This Georgian has held the highest political office in the United States as president, he helped build Habitat for Humanity, and was president during the conflicts in Iran.
Who is Jimmy Carter?
100
This world-wide event resulted in many sports venues and a park all still in use today in Atlanta.
What is the 1996 Summer Olympics?
200
The NAACP tried to integrate the city of Albany, Georgia.
What is the Albany Movement?
200
Over 250,000 people representing all races gathered to support passage of a bill ending discrimination in public facilities; Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr made one of his most famous speeches here.
What is the March on Washington?
200
The first African American students to integrate at the University of Georgia.
Who is Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter?
200
This war began when South Vietnam Communists attacked the government forces of South Vietnam.
What is the Vietnam War?
200
Served as the first Republican governor of Georgia since reconstruction.
Who is Sonny Perdue?
300
Brown V. Board of Education helped overturn this former Supreme Court Case.
What is Plessy V. Ferguson?
300
Members of this committee were students who organized non-violent sit-ins and boycotts.
What is the SNCC?
300
Restaurant owner who chased off black people with axes and then became governor.
Who is Lester Maddox?
300
Georgia's economy was based on this instead of farming in the 1970's.
What is industry/manufacturing?
300
This amendment granted this amendment in 1970 that gave women the right to vote.
What is the 19th Amendment?
400
Georgia's General Assembly organized a 14-member commission to study the problem of integration.
What is Sibley Commission?
400
This was changed to incorporate the Saint Andrew's Cross, a confederate battle enblem.
What is the State Flag?
400
President who proposed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 but was assassinated before he could sign the bill.
Who John F. Kennedy?
400
Many cities across the country became battlefields for frustrated blacks. This was because of what method to gain freedom?
What is rioting?
500
Black and white people gathered on busses and other forms of transportation to call for change and challenged Jim Crow Laws; they supported non-violent protests and the Albany Movement.
What are Freedom Riders?
500
Finally the civil rights demonstrators caught national attention and JFK sent Congress the strongest civil rights bill in history. JFK was assassinated, so his Vice president Lyndon B. Johnson signed the bill that made segregation of all public facilities illegal.