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When did the Supreme Court rule on the Brown v. Board of Education case?
What happened in 1954?
Who was Martin Luther King Jr.’s mentor?
Who is Benjamin Mays?
What was the Atlanta Race Riot?
What was a riot in Atlanta that resulted in large amounts of property damage and some deaths?
Who formed the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and why was it formed?
Who is Martin Luther King Jr? What led anti-discrimination marches and protests throughout the South?
What were the three G’s? (Otherwise known as Spain’s reasons for exploration.)
What is God, Gold, Glory?
When was Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated?
What happened in 1968?
Who led the March on Washington and gave the “I Have a Dream” Speech?
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
What was the name of the organization that met to discuss Georgia’s thoughts on integration?
What is the Sibley commission?
Who formed the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and what kind of protests were they known for (this includes the civil rights events that they participated in)?
Who were the college students that formed the organization? What are "participating in sit-ins at lunch counters, promoted voter registration in the South, was involved in March on Washington, the Albany Movement, and Freedom Rides?"
When was the Declaration of Independence signed and who wrote it most of it?
What is July 4, 1776? Who is Thomas Jerfferson?
Which Civil Rights protest occurred in 1963?
What is the March on Washington?
Who were the first African American attendees at UGA?
Who is Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter?
What was the Albany Movements goal using sit ins, peaceful protest and more?
What is desegregation?
What event organized by the NAACP and the SNCC was deemed a failure by Martin Luther King Jr. because it did not immediately reach its goals, but was considered a good learning experience considering other events in the Civil Rights Era?
What is the Albany Movement?
The Articles of Confederation established what type of government?
What is a weak, central government?
When was the Sibley Commission put into place?
What happened in 1961?
Who sued the Board of Education because his daughter had to walk a long way to go to a segregated school?
Who is Oliver Brown?
M.L.K. Jr. led a march on what?
What is March on Washington?
What civil rights event led by Martin Luther King Jr. (SCLC) led to the passage of the Civil Rights Act in 1964?
What is the March on Washington?
What are the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments?
What is 13th freed slaves, 14th granted all former slaves and anyone born in the US citizenship, and 15th stated that you cannot deny a person of color the right to vote?
Which Georgia Governor was elected in 1946?
Who is no one?
Who refused to serve blacks in his restaurant and became governor after?
Who is Lester Maddox?
What “day” did Lester Maddox come up with?
What is People's Day?
What is the name of the speech that Martin Luther King Jr. gave at the March on Washington event?
What is the “I Have a Dream” Speech? "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character."
What are the four main New Deal Acts that apply to Georgia?
What is the Agricultural Adjustment Act (A.A.A.), the Social Security Act, the Civilian Conservation Corps (C.C.C.), and the Rural Electrification Administration (R.E.A.)?