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Georgia in the Civil Rights Movement (Brown vs Board of Education (Public…
Georgia in the Civil Rights Movement
Sibley Commission
Governor Vandiver must close public schools or desegregate them
Vandiver prevents 2 Black students from admitting to UGA
John Sibley was chose to head the Comission
Sibley was against the integration of schools
Sibley tried to minimize support for the resistance
Albany Movement
Started in the Fall of 1961 til the Summer of 1962
First Mass Movement to end segregation in a whole community
The SNCC workers encouraged to challenge segregation policies
MLK and the SCLC contributed for efforts of desegregation
SNCC vs SCLC
SNCC
Southern Christian Leader Conference
Found by MLK and other leaders
Made up of African American and White Adults
Participated in non-violent protest like marches and registering African Americans for voting rights
SCLC
Student Nonviolent Cordinating Committee
Used non-violent protest like sit ins, registering to vote, and freedom rides
Founded by White and African American college students but became all African Americans later on
Brown vs Board of Education
Public Schools were racially segregated
This was made legal by the Plessy v, Fergusson case in 1896
Oliver Brown was denied access to a white school
Declared that racial segregation violated the 14th Admendment
The NAACP brought class actions lawsuits on the behalf of black students
State Flag
In the !960s, many saw the Confederate flag was not appropiate to represent the state flag anymore
Civil Rights of 1964
After the Civil War. The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments were ratified
States enofrced "JIm Crow" Laws and the KKK was established
Southern States had measures to prevent Blacks from voting
President Kennedy delayed the anti-discriminating measures but after protest, JFK took act