Post WW2 and Modern Georgia DT #2 Remediation Lesson

Post WW2 and Modern Georgia DT #2 Re-Performance Lesson

Brown v. Board of Eduction

•The US Supreme Court heard the case Brown v. Board of Education in 1954, and unanimously ruled that segregation was unconstitutional, and public schools across America began to integrate.

Brown v. Board of Education

•This case overturned the earlier 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson case that declared the “separate but equal” doctrine.

•Even though all 9 justices ruled that any separation would not be equal, many southern states refused to segregate their schools.

•Georgia’s governor, Herman Talmadge, strongly opposed the decision and encouraged Georgia’s legislature to rebel against the ruling.

Sibley Commission

After schools were forced to desegregate by law in 1954, Georgia's General Assembly encouraged resistance and refused to cooperate. A commission was formed by Atlanta banker John Sibley that held public hearings to see how Georgians felt about integration. The Sibley Commission found that 2 out of 3 Georgians would rather see schools closed than integrated. As a result, the commission recommended that each local district decide for itself.

Multiple Choice

The court case, Brown vs Board of Education, ruled that segregation in public ____________________________was unconstitutional.

• restrooms

• schools

• government offices

• busses

Multiple Choice

In response to that Supreme Court ruling, Georgia’s General Assembly encouraged resistance, John Sibley led the ____________________________________ to find out how the people felt about integration

• Sibley Commission

• Albany Movement

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

SCLC

Founded in 1957 in Montgomery, AL after the Bus Boycotts by Martin Luther King, Jr. When MLK left Birmingham, the headquarters was moved to Atlanta with him. The SCLC planned rallies, marches, boycotts, and filed law suits against civil rights violations.

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

By the 1960s, the Civil Rights Movement was gaining momentum. King’s strategy of peaceful protest was adopted by a group of college students who formed the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in 1960. Led by John Lewis, SNCC used sit-ins at lunch counters where they refused to move in order to boycott businesses that wouldn’t serve blacks. SNCC also helped promote voter registration throughout the South.

Multiple Choice

_______________________________________, led by John Lewis, was one of the major civil rights organizations of the 1960’s. It focused on peaceful, non-violent protest. The group, made up of high school and college-aged students, became known for sit-ins, freedom rides, and the “freedom summer” in Mississippi.

• Southern Christian Leadership Conference

• Sibley Commission

• Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

• Albany Movement

Multiple Choice

_________________________________________, was created in 1957 in Montgomery, Alabama in reaction to the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the organization eventually was supported by Southern religious leaders and planned rallies, marches, and boycotts to end segregation.

• Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

• Sibley Commission

• Southern Christian Leadership Conference

• Albany Movement

Civil Rights Act of 1964

•The act banned segregation in public accommodations

•Gave the federal government the ability to desegregate schools

•Prosecute individuals who violated people’s civil rights

•Outlawed discrimination in employment (forbade discrimination on the basis of sex and race in hiring)

Multiple Choice

The _________________________ forbade discrimination on the basis of sex and race in hiring, promoting, and firing.

• Albany Movement

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Voting Rights Act of 1965

• Sibley Commission