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 *Believed in nonviolent protest *Received Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 *Assassinated in 1968 Martin Luther King, Jr.

4. Georgia governor (1967-1971) 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. Georgia governor who won in special election after 3 governors controversy Most of his legacy in education Herman Talmadge

6. Mentor and teacher to MLK President of Morehouse College Believed in nonviolence, went to India and met Ghandi Benjamin Mays

7. Head NAACP lawyer with key victories NAACP lawyer in Brown case First black justice of Supreme Court Thurgood Marshall

8. First two blacks admitted to the University of GA GA Governor Vandiver supported the decision of them entering, although he ran being against integration Both went on to successful careers: Holmes became a doctor and Hunter a journalist Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes

9. 1st black mayor of major Southern city 1st black mayor of Atlanta in 1973 Maynard Jackson

10. -Served in U.S. Congress -Ambassador to the United Nations -Elected mayor of Atlanta 1982 -Helped Atlanta win bid for 1996 Olympics Andrew Young

11. Events of the Movement

12. Began when Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus Led by MLK Jr. Boycotted bus system for over a year Montgomery Bus Boycott

13. -Began when elected Gov. Eugene Talmadge died before taking office -Supreme Ct. ruled newly elected Lt. Gov. Thompson was governor, but special election would be held -Herman Talmadge then elected (who legislature wanted as gov.) Three Governors Controversy

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

15. -High point of intensive voter registration project -Also called Mississippi Summer Project-sent 1000 volunteers to register and teach civics to blacks -June 1964, mainly because Mississippi had almost NO black voters Freedom Summer

16. - The Selma to Montgomery marches were three marches in 1965 -Wanted voting right movement in Selma -Many prominent leaders including Martin Luther King, Jr. Selma Marches

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

18. Groups of Movement

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

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

21. Congress of Racial Equality Formed in 1940’s to help end segregation in the North Worked with other groups like the SNCC, SCLC, and NAACP towards nonviolent protest CORE

22. Formed by W.E.B. DuBois and several white northerners Goal to achieve legal victories for blacks Greatest victory Brown decision NAACP

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

24. Legislation of the Movement

25. Supreme Court decision that desegregated public school in 1954 NAACP chief lawyer Thurgood Marshall argued the case Unanimous ruling from Warren Court Brown v. Board of Education

26. 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

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

28. Response to Selma marches Designed to safeguard blacks right to vote Outlawed literacy tests (poll taxes outlawed in 24 th amendment in 1964) Voting Rights Act of 1965