Law and Order
This 1954 Supreme Court case declared segregated schools unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
He led a commission that asked Georgians how they felt about school integration.
Who is John Sibley?
This Georgia university was the first to be desegregated.
What is the University of Georgia?
Georgia changed its state flag in 1956 to include this symbol of Southern resistance.
What is the Confederate battle flag?
This Atlanta airport is named in part for the city's first Black mayor.
What is Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport?
This legal term means to make something legally useless or invalid. Georgia's General Assembly used it to describe the Brown decision.
What is "null and void"?
This Atlanta mayor expanded the airport and supported Black-owned businesses.
Who is Maynard Jackson?
This term describes students who were arrested, trained, and organized to peacefully protest segregation.
What is nonviolent resistance?
This civil rights organization, founded by Dr. King, organized marches and boycotts.
What is the SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference)?
In 1961, this Georgia city became the first to integrate its public schools.
What is Atlanta?
Set up by Plessey v. Ferguson, this phrase represented the practice of racial segregation in public facilities.
What is "separate but equal?"
One of the most prominent leaders in the Civil Rights Movement, this pastor delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" in 1963.
Who is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.?
These peaceful protest tactics, often led by students, involved sitting at segregated lunch counters.
What are sit-ins?
In 1963, over 250,000 people gathered in D.C. for this major civil rights event.
What is the March on Washington?
This national holiday, established in 1983, honors the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and is observed across the United States, with Atlanta hosting one of the largest celebrations.
What is Martin Luther King Jr. Day?
These laws enforced racial segregation in the South and evolved from Black Codes.
What are Jim Crow laws?
He was elected Georgia’s first Black congressman since Reconstruction and later served as Atlanta’s mayor.
Who is Andrew Young?
This student-led group was based in Atlanta and was central to nonviolent protests in the 1960s.
What is SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee)?
This protest movement in Georgia was a learning experience for civil rights groups, even though it didn’t lead to immediate change, organized by the NAACP and SNCC.
What is the Albany Movement?
This law made it illegal to use tests or poll taxes to block voting.
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
This commission asked Georgians how they felt about school integration—and most supported keeping public schools open.
What is the Sibley Commission?
This former restaurant owner and segregationist became governor of Georgia in 1967.
Who is Lester Maddox?
He chaired SNCC and was a keynote speaker at the 1963 March on Washington.
Who is John Lewis?
This strategy describes Southern states' united effort to resist school desegregation after Brown.
What is massive resistance?
This law officially banned segregation in all public places like buses and restaurants.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?