Civil Rights Leaders
He was a young Congressman from Georgia who started as a leader in SNCC and later served many years in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Who is John Lewis?
The SCLC used this major tactic, inspired by its philosophy of peaceful protest, to challenge segregation and voting restrictions.
What is nonviolent protest / direct action (sit-ins, marches, boycotts)
The 1961 effort in Georgia that tested desegregation of interstate buses and led to violent attacks on activists was called the Freedom ___.
What are the Freedom Rides
This former mayor expanded the work of William Hartsfield and helped Atlanta become one of the busiest cities in the world!
Maynard Jackson
Name the civil rights leader who advocated for nonviolent protest, wrote "Letter from Birmingham Jail," and helped found the SCLC.
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr.?
This hometown hero is the only person from Georgia ever elected as president.
Jimmy CARTER
In 1961, students staged sit-ins and protests at lunch counters across the South to demand service; these actions helped create which student-centered committee abbreviated as SNCC? (Answer with full name.)
What is the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
He was a Senator, Governor and President.
Jimmy Carter
A key strategist and close aide to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. helped organize nonviolent protests and civil rights campaigns, and was the mayor of Atlanta.
Who was Andrew Young
This allowed local districts to make their own decision regarding desegregation, which made the process of integration very slow.
The Sibley Commission
This 1961–1962 campaign in a Georgia city attempted to desegregate public facilities and drew national leaders to help coordinate protests; name the city.
What is Albany
This Georgia congressman and civil rights opponent used the "states' rights" argument against federal civil rights legislation; name one prominent state or national-level figure associated with resistance.
Who is Lester Maddox
helped develop Atlanta economically by pushing through expansions of the city's international airport and by improving economic opportunities for African American-owned businesses.
Maynard Jackson
This movement began in Albany, Georgia, in 1961 and involved a coalition of local activists, students, and national groups working to desegregate the city.
What is the Albany Movement
This 1964 federal law outlawed segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination — name it.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964
While working with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, this Georgia civil rights leader and UN ambassador organized “citizenship schools” to teach potential civil rights leaders strategies for organizing nonviolent protests.
Andrew Young
Both Maynard Jackson and Andrew Young helped develop Atlanta economically by helping to bring the __________________________________ (name of event) to the city.
1996 Summer Olympics
In this movement civil rights leaders used the experience they gained to organize more successful protests.
Albany Movement
Due to new venues being built for the Olympics in Atlanta, this group of people were negatively affected due to displacement and housing loss.
low-income residents of downtown Atlanta
This president opposed restrictions on education and supported ending discrimination.
Jimmy Carter