Civil Rights Review

Unsuccessful civil rights effort in Georgia

• Albany Movement
• Brown Vs. Board of Education
• SNCC

Mentor for Dr. King and was the president of Morehouse College. He believed in non-violence

• Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 
• Maynard Jackson
• Benjamin Mays

What was the purpose of the Sibley Commission?

• To put pressure on the courts to reverse the Brown Vs. Board of Education decision
• To find out how Georgians felt about desegregation
• To pass laws supporting integration of schools

Which man from Georgia is recognized as the leader  of the modern Civil Rights movement?

• Benjamin Mays
• Herman Talmadge
• Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Lester Maddox

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What is significant about Maynard Jackson to the Civil Rights Movement?

•  First African Congressman since the 1860's
• First African American mayor of a major Southern city
• First African American Student at UGA

Which was NOT a purpose of the March on Washington?

• Election of a Black President
• the right to vote
• full and fair employment
• decent housing

Who were the first black students to attend the University of Georgia?

• Charlayne Hunter and Horace Holmes
• Hamilton Holmes and Charlene Harris
• Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes

Who was both a governor of GA and a US senator who opposed integration?

• Ellis Arnall
• Herman Talmadge
• Andrew Young
• Maynard Jackson

What was the purpose of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating  Committee?

• SNCC coordinated youth led, non-violent campaigns against segregation and other forms of racism
• SNCC went door to door to find out how other Georgians felt about integration
• SNCC was a group who fought to March in Washington

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What did the South do in opposition to the Brown v. Board of Education decision?

• Added the Constatine battle flag to the Georgia state flag
• Added the Confederate Battle flag to the Georgia state flag
• Added thirteen bars to the Georgia State flag

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