Civil Rights Movement SS8H11

He was the most famous leader of modern civil rights movement and used practices of nonviolence and civil disobedience to protest segregation.

• Herman Talmadge

• Eugene Talmadge

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Maynard Jackson

He was friends with Martin Luther King, Jr. and served as chairman of SNCC in the early 1960s. He currently represents Georgia’s Fifth Congressional District at the House of Representatives in Washington, D.C.

• Lester Maddox

• John Lewis

• Herman Talmadge

• Alonzo Herndon

He was Georgia governor from 1967-1971 and an outspoken advocate for segregation who urged white parents to put their children into private schools rather than force them to go to integrated schools.

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Herman Talmadge

• Lester Maddox

• John Lewis

Georgia governor who fought federal efforts to enforce the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965. Ironically, he appointed more blacks to state-level positions on boards than any other governor and supported programs to help the poor, no matter what race.

• Lester Maddox

• Herman Talmadge

• John Lewis

• Andrew Young

First served as governor as part of the 3 Governors Episode. While governor, the segregationist tried to reinstate the white primary.

• Lester Maddox

• Herman Talmadge

• John Lewis

• Eugene Talmadge

He formed the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), he won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964, and was assassinated in Memphis, TN in 1968.

• Lester Maddox

• Andrew Young

• John Lewis

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

Group of organized African American college students who protested segregation in public facilities across the south by participating in sit-ins at lunch counters.

• SCLC- Student Christian Leadership Conference

• SNCC-Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

• The Albany Movement

• The March On Washington

Nonviolent protest where 250,000 people of all races and religions openly protested segregation in the United States; Martin Luther King, Jr. made his famous "I Have a Dream" speech.

• The March on Washington

• The Albany Movement

• Bus Boycotts

• Freedom Rides

Christian organization made up of black ministers who's sole purpose was to achieve civil equality for all African Americans; Martin Luther King Jr. was the first president of the organization; members took part in peaceful protests across the south.

• SCLC- Student Christian Leadership Conference

• SNCC-Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

• 1964 Civil Rights Act

• Sibley Commission

Committee gathered to discuss the issue of integrating schools in Georgia; final recommendation was to end segregation in schools, slowly.

• The Albany Movement

• The March On Washington

• The Sibley Committee

• SNCC