1. The Civil Rights Movement
People of the Movement
Events of the Movement
Groups of the Movement
Legislation of the Movement

2. People of the Movement

3. Head of SCLC. Organized bus boycott. Involved in Selma marches
*Head of SCLC *Organized bus boycott *Involved in Selma marches *Believed in nonviolent protest *Received Nobel Peace Prize in *Assassinated in 1968
Martin Luther King, Jr.

4. Georgia governor ( ) Believed in segregation Fought federal civil rights efforts Encouraged people to have children enroll in private school rather than integrate Ended up appointing more blacks than other governors
Lester Maddox

5. 1st black mayor of major Southern city 1st black mayor of Atlanta in 1973
Maynard Jackson

6. -Served in U.S. Congress; first Black congressman since Reconstruction -Ambassador to the United Nations -Elected mayor of Atlanta Helped Atlanta win bid for 1996 Olympics
Andrew Young

7. U.S. Representative John Lewis
Seeks civil rights for all Americans Keynote speaker at the 1963 March on Washington Led 600 marchers in Selma, Alabama and beaten by Alabama State troopers 1986, elected to U.S. House of Representatives – still there today
U.S. Representative John Lewis

8. Events of the Movement

9. -Led by Dr. William Anderson -Massive boycotts and sit-ins at major department stores and restaurants in Albany, Georgia -Not much media attention, movement collapses
Albany Movement

10. -Large political protest rally -Goal to convince President JFK to sign Civil Rights Bill -More than 200,000 people -MLK Jr. gave “I have a dream” speech
March on Washington

11. Groups of Movement

12. Goal was to organize students on campuses One of most active groups in Civil Rights movement Involved in nearly every major peaceful campaign
SNCC

13. Formed in Georgia Goal to discover how people felt about integration Found people would rather close schools than integrate
Sibley Commission

14. Southern Christian Leadership Conference Founded in 1957 by MLK Leaders preached love and nonviolence Important role in many campaigns 1957 to 1965
SCLC

15. Legislation of the Movement

16. Supreme Court decision that desegregated public schools in NAACP chief lawyer Thurgood Marshall argued the case Unanimous ruling from Warren Court
Brown v. Board of Education

17. 1956 new GA flag approved After Brown decision, some saw it as protest of desegregation Others said it reflected heritage Changed in 2001 and then again in 2003
Georgia 1956 flag

18. Signed by Lyndon Johnson…tougher bill than JFK proposed Outlawed discrimination and segregation based on race, nationality, and gender
Civil Rights Act 1964