1. SS8H11 The student will evaluate the role of Georgia in the modern civil rights movement.

2. Modern Civil Rights Flipped Task: Constructed Response using RACERS format: Prompt: Abraham Lincoln said “A house divided against itself cannot stand.” How can this relate to the modern civil rights movement? the modern civil rights movement? Response format: R- Restate R- Restate A- Answer A- Answer C- Cite Evidence (at least 3 from the power point) C- Cite Evidence (at least 3 from the power point) E- Explain & Elaborate E- Explain & Elaborate R- Re-read & Revise R- Re-read & Revise S- Sum it Up S- Sum it Up

3. Georgia and the modern Civil Rights Movement

4. The White Primary barred black participation in Democratic primaries disenfranchised African Americans abolished in 1946

5. Herman Talmadge  His Legacy is in the field of education  Minimum Foundation Program for Education Act  Expanded schools to have Grades 1 – 12 and a nine month school year  He was a very vocal opponent of Civil Rights (segregationist)  He began to reach out to black voters in the 1970’s Yes, you are RIGHT!!! This is Eugene Talmadge’s son!

6. 1946 Governor’s Race Three Governors Controversy Here’s what happened: 1. Governor-elect Eugene Talmadge died 2. Talmadge's supporters devised a scheme that allowed the Georgia legislature to elect a governor in January 1947.governor

7. The Three Governors continued [Governor-elect Eugene Talmadge died] 3. the General Assembly elected Talmadge's son, Herman Talmadge, as governorGeneral Assembly 4. the newly elected lieutenant governor, Melvin Thompson, claimed the office of governorMelvin Thompson 5. the outgoing governor, Ellis Arnall, refused to leave office and set up an office at the Capitol Information Counter [Herman Talmadge had state troopers escort Arnall out of the capital and changed the locks!]Ellis Arnall

8. The Three Governors continued  The government of Georgia was in a state of total confusion and the national media mocked Georgia’s political chaos.  The Georgia Supreme Court ruled that a special election must be held  Herman Talmadge was elected governor in that special election.

9. Brown v. Board of Education a 1954 U. S. Supreme Court case in which the Court declared that the separate-but-equal schools were unconstitutional

10. Brown V. Board of Education landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court landmark decisionUnited States Supreme Court overturned earlier rulings going back to Plessy V. Ferguson in 1896Plessy V. Ferguson declared that state laws that established separate public schools for black and white students denied black children equal educational opportunitiespublic schools

11. The result of Brown v. Board of Education

12. Benjamin Mays  President of Morehouse College in Atlanta  A mentor and friend of Martin Luther King, Jr.

13. Benjamin Mays Two Main Beliefs 1. the dignity of all human beings 2. segregation did not go along with the ideals of American democracy

14. Martin Luther King, Jr. Born January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, GA Baptist minister at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta

15. MLK, Jr. continued  president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference  most prominent African American leader in the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s.  assassinated on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee.

16. MLK, Jr. continued Nonviolence became a central tenet of his leadership Helped lead a young generation of African Americans to promote desegregation through peaceful sit-ins.

17. Southern Christian Leadership Conference SCLC an organization founded by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., to work for civil rights for African Americans

18. 1956 State Flag Georgia's General Assembly ratified the addition of the Confederate Battle Flag to the state flag in 1956 as a backlash to the Brown v. Board of Education decisions, which federally imposed integration of public schools.

19. The founding of the SNCC: Several students adopted King’s strategy of non-violent protest and formed the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee. One of the leaders of SNCC was Georgia native and Morehouse College graduate, Julian Bond. Bond was later elected to the U.S. Senate for Georgia.

20. Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee SNCC an organization founded in 1960 to coordinate and publicize sit-ins

21. SNCC Albany Movement 1961- 1962 GOAL = desegregate the community

22. sit-in a type of demonstration where people enter a public building and refuse to leave until their demands are met

23. The Sibley Commission After schools were ordered desegregated in 1954 by the Brown decision, Georgia refused to cooperate and threatened to stop funding any schools that integrated. In 1960, Georgia’s government formed a commission to ask Georgians, “How do you feel about school integration?” The commission was led by influential Atlanta banker John Sibley.

24. According to the Commission’s findings... …GA had mixed feelings. Therefore, Sibley recommended: a)Each school district should be able to decide for itself their own policy on integration b) State laws punishing integrated schools should be repealed

25. The Integration of the University of Georgia By order of the U.S. District Court in Athens, GA, the University of Georgia was ordered to be integrated. Despite angry protests and threats, Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes became the first two African-Americans to enroll at UGA.

26. The Albany Movement From fall 1961 to summer 1962, a desegregation movement took place in Albany, GA, involving the NAACP and SNCC. Goal – Bring national attention to the Civil Rights movement by ending all types of segregation in Albany (buses, trains, libraries, hospitals, juries, etc. ). In order to draw American attention to Albany, the NAACP and SNCC recruited…

27. … Martin Luther King, Jr.!!! Despite King’s assistance, the Albany movement FAILED… a) By December 1961, 500 protesters were arrested. b) Albany’s police chief used peaceful tactics to avoid negative publicity. c) The NAACP and the SNCC were often at odds with one another.

28. The March on Washington In August 1963, more than 250,000 people converged on Washington, D.C. to demand equal rights for blacks. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech...

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30. Civil Rights Act 1964 federal legislation that refused federal funds to any school system that did not end segregation; the legislation also made racial discrimination in public places, such as theaters, restaurants, and hotels, illegal

31. Voting Rights Act of 1965 federal legislation that enforced equal voting rights among all races

32. Lester Maddox In 1964, Lester Maddox chose to close his Atlanta restaurant rather than comply with the Civil Rights Act. In 1966, Maddox ran for Governor and was elected. He surprised many by hiring more blacks for government jobs than any previous Governor of GA. As Governor, he supported prison reform and increased spending for GA’s universities. He also started “People’s Day” where, once a month, average citizens could come talk to the Governor.

33. Maynard Jackson Maynard Jackson defeated the popular Mayor Sam Massell (who was popular with blacks as well) to become the first African- American mayor of a major American city.

34. One of GA’s greatest Civil Right’s leaders  Andrew Young In the 1950s and 1960s, Young organized voter registration and desegregation efforts in Albany and other southern cities. He worked closely with MLK, Jr. and the SCLC. In 1972, Young was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, the first black elected from GA since Reconstruction. In 1981, became mayor of Atlanta.

35. Can one person make a difference?

36. Can YOU make a difference?