Civil Rights Basics
This Supreme Court case ruled segregation in schools unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
Atlanta mayor who expanded the airport and brought Delta Airlines.
Who is William Hartsfield?
SCLC stands for this.
What is Southern Christian Leadership Conference ?
Earlier case overturned by Brown v. Board.
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
Trend after WWII: people moved from farms to cities.
What is urbanization?
Dr. King’s main strategy for change.
What is nonviolence?
The mayor who supported civil rights and helped build I-285 (Highways/Interstates).
Who is Ivan Allen Jr.?
Event where MLK gave “I Have a Dream” speech.
What is the March on Washington?
A system that limited Black voters before 1946.
What is the white primary?
What caused the number of farmers to decline Post WW2?
What is improved farming technology?
This law made segregation and discrimination illegal.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
Last segregationist governor who chased Black customers from his restaurant.
Who is Lester Maddox?
Main goal of SCLC.
What is achieving civil rights through nonviolent protest?
Impact of ending the white primary.
What is African Americans could vote in primaries? Offered/ extended voting rights.
Program to grow Atlanta into a major city.
What is Forward Atlanta?
The main goal of the Albany Movement was
What is the desegregation of all of Albany (especially bus stations)?
The governor whose death caused the Three Governors Controversy.
Who is Eugene Talmadge?
SNCC stands for this.
What is Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee?
Why Georgia changed its flag in 1956.
What is to protest desegregation/Brown decision?
Major road project tied to Atlanta growth.
What is I-285 (interstate system)?
Long-term result of the Albany Movement.
What is Albany eventually desegregated bus station waiting rooms?
Congressman, SNCC leader, and friend of MLK.
Who is John Lewis?
A commission that studied school integration in Georgia. And recommended what?
What is the Sibley Commission? What is letting local schools decide to integrate or close?
The Supreme Court case ruled that “separate but equal” was unconstitutional in public schools and helped launch the Civil Rights Movement.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
big change in agriculture from 1940–1980.
What is fewer farms due to technology?