Key Leader
He was the first president of the SCLC and led the 1963 March on Washington.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
This 1961 protest in Southwest Georgia sought to desegregate an entire community but failed initially.
Albany Movement
These two students were the first African Americans to integrate the University of Georgia in 1961.
Charlayne Hunter
&
Hamilton Holmes
This landmark legislation, signed by LBJ, prohibited discrimination based on race, color, or religion.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
In 1956, Georgia changed its state flag to include this symbol as a protest against integration.
Confederate Battle Flag
This student leader was a chairman of SNCC and a key organizer of the Selma to Montgomery marches.
John Lewis
At this 1963 event, MLK Jr. delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech to over 250,000 people.
March on Washington
This commission was formed by the GA General Assembly to gauge public opinion on integrating schools.
Sibley Commission
This student organization, founded in North Carolina but active in GA, used "sit-ins" at lunch counters.
Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
He was the first African American mayor of a major Southern city (Atlanta) and expanded the airport.
Maynard Jackson
As a mentor to MLK Jr. and president of Morehouse College, he advocated for nonviolence.
Benjamin Mays
This 1961 event led to the desegregation of all public facilities in Albany after a series of mass arrests.
Albany Movement (success)
The Sibley Commission found that most Georgians would rather do this than integrate public schools.
Close Schools
This group was formed by MLK Jr. and other Southern ministers to lead the nonviolent movement.
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
This Atlanta mayor was known as the "Father of the Atlanta Airport" and helped integrate the city peacefully.
William B. Hartsfield
This governor and restaurant owner famously brandished an axe handle to keep his business segregated.
Lester Maddox
The 1963 March on Washington was primarily organized to pressure Congress to pass this specific bill.
The Civil Rights Act
This 1954 Supreme Court case declared "separate but equal" unconstitutional, sparking Georgia's resistance.
Brown v. Board of Education
This protest method was used by SNCC to desegregate lunch counters and department stores in Atlanta.
Sit-ins
He served as an aide to MLK Jr., helped organize the 1963 March, and later became a UN Ambassador.
Andrew Young
This civil rights leader was also the first Black Georgian since Reconstruction to be elected to Congress.
Andrew Young
This movement's failure taught MLK Jr. that protests must focus on specific, achievable targets.
Albany Movement (lessons learned)
Following the Sibley Commission, the Georgia legislature gave local school boards this power regarding integration.
The decision to integrate
This law, passed in 1965, specifically aimed to overcome legal barriers preventing African Americans from voting.
Voting Rights Act of 1965
This Atlanta mayor brought professional sports teams to Georgia and oversaw the construction of I-285.
Ivan Allen Jr.