Civil Rights and Georgia

Which does NOT describe Benjamin Mays?

• Chairman of the Board of Education
• Mentor to Martin Luther King Jr
• Governor of Georgia
• President of Morehouse college

What is the white primary?

• The type of paint you use before adding a top coat of color
• The rule that only whites could vote in the primary elections
• The rule that only blacks could vote in the secondary elections
• The rule that kept underaged people from voting in primary elcetions

What was the main controversy in the 1946 Governor's race in Georgia?

• Ellis Arnall was impeached because of his views on segregation
• Herman Talmadge and Eugene Talmadge were father and son and couldn't run on the same ballot.
• Eugene Talmadge died before he could take office and two men claimed they were the rightful governor
• Talmadge did not win the popular vote

What caused Herman Talmadge to eventually win the Governor's office in 1950?

• His promise to lower taxes
• The sacrifices he made as a soldier in WWII
• His involvement in public school improvment.
• His views on segregation

True or False: Herman Talmadge made changes as governor to allocate tax money to help public school systems.

• True
• False

What was the ruling in the Brown V. BOE case?

• Separate but equal was OK but not in schools
• Separate but equal was unconstitutional
• Buses should not be segregated
• All schools should be segregated

True or False: Martin Luther King Jr. urged his followers to react with violence when they were physically attacked.

• True: He supported Violent Protests
• False: He supported Non-Violent Protests 

Where did the first sit-in occur?

• Albany, GA
• Birmingham, AL
• Greensboro, NC
• Charleston, SC

Who was the first president of the SNCC?

• John Lewis
• H. Rap Brown
• Maynard Jackson
• Martin Luther King Jr

True or False: Georgia initially did not support the Brown V BOE decision.

• True
• False