Brown V Board of Education

What movement was started by African Americans who wanted rights, such as equal treatment and integration?

• Enlightenment Movement

• Beat Movement

• Civil Liberties Movement

• Civil Rights Movement

Name two civil rights figures for African Americans?

• John Lewis and Harry Truman

• Eugene Talmadge and FDR

• MLK and John Lewis

• Malcolm X and Beyonce

What controversial court case overturned Plessy V Ferguson?

• Worcestor v Georgia

• Scott v Sanford

• Roe v Wade

• Brown V Board of Education

What type of laws limited the rights of African Americans?

• Jim Crow Laws

• Black Codes

• Civil Rights Acts

What did the governor do to receive input on integration from citizens?

• Hire surveyors

• Appoint John Sibley to head a commision

• Close down all schools

What was the consensus reached by the Sibley Commission after their hearings?

• Keep segregating all schools

• Integrate on a limited basis

• Fully integrate all schools

• Close all schools

60% of Georgians said they would rather do what than integrate schools?

• Close the schools

• Keep the schools segregated

Name some things that white people did to resist the Brown v Board of Education decision (select all correct answers)

• They fully supported the decision

• Close schools

• Make Atlanta schools integrate

• Change the flag to incorporate the Confederate flag

• Move to suburban areas with less black people in the school district

Name the first two cities to integrate their schools

• Atlanta and Columbus

• Savannah and Brunswick

• Albany and Macon

• Atlanta and Savannah

Why did the governor give in to the federal government and ask the GGA to integrate on a limited basis?

• He felt that segregation in schools was unjust

• He wanted to get the African American vote in his next election

• A federal judge overruled the state's decision to close UGA for integrating

• He was forced to under the law