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| What was the white primary? |
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| Blacks could vote at this time but only in primary elections. The Supreme Court found this to be unconstiutional and against the 15th ammendment. |
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| Who was Herman Tallmadge? |
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| He was a GA segregationist and big with state rights. |
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| Explain the importance of Brown v. Board of Education. |
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| A 7 year old black enrolled in a white school right next door to her home and was denied. They took the case to supreme court and was found unconstiutional. This began the integration of schools. |
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| Explain the importance of MLK. |
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| He was a Civil Rights leader who began the SCLC and was involved with the NAACP. |
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| National Association for Advancement of Colored People. |
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| Southern Christian Leadership Conference. |
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| What was the SNCC and what did they do? |
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| Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee and they held sit-ins to stand up for their rights. |
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| What did the Sibley Commission do? |
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| They gathered information on how people felt about desegregation in schools peacefully. |
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| Who were Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter? |
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| 2 black students that enrolled at UGA and were excepted. |
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| What was the Albany movement? |
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| They were a group that wanted to give blacks the right to vote. (freedom riders) |
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| What were freedom riders? |
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| People that went around standing up for civil rights doing things like protesting and rallying. |
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| What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 do? |
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| It made segregation of public places illegal. (Johnson passed the act) |
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| The first black GA Mayor. (1974) |
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| He was a segregationist who said "Man has the right to do with his property as he pleases." |
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| He was the 1st black in the HOR. He also followed Maynard Jackson |
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