Georgia Civil Rights Movement: A

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 

What was the purpose of the Sibley Commission?

• Help blacks secure jobs
• Help blacks and whites to meet civilly to discuss issues 
• To stop the protests in Georgia
• To solve the problems with desegregating Georgia schools 

What was the name of the event where MLK Jr gave his "I Have A Dream" speech?

• The March on Atlanta, GA
• THe Montgomery Bus Boycott
• The Albany Movement
• The March on Washington, D.C.

What was the purpose of the March on Washington?

• To urge the passage of the Civil Rights Act
• To protest for women's rights
• It was a political rally for the campaign of Herman Talmadge
• It was organized to stop the Albany Movement in Georgia

He is generally consider the central figure in the civil rights movement of the 1960's. He was a founder of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and helped bring about social change through his numerous protests and speeches.

• John Lewis

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Lester Maddox

How did Georgia react to the Brown v. Board of Education ruling?

• By changing the state flag

• By closing its public schools

• By desegregating as quickly as possible

• By using the national guard to keep African American students out of white only schools

The Governor of Georgia ordered the Sibley commission to find out how Georgians wanted to handle desegregating public schools. What did the commission find out?

• That 60% of Georgians wanted to close public school rather than integrate.

• That 70% of Georgians wanted to desegregate as quickly as possible

• That Georgians were divided 50-50 about desegregating

• That only 10% of Georgians had strong feeling about refusing the integrate schools

Leader of the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee, leader of the Selma March, current U.S. Representative from Georgia

• John Lewis

• Dr. Marin Luther King, Jr.

• Maynard Jackson

• Andrew Young

What legislation prohibited discrimination based on color, race, or religion in public places

• Brown v. Board of Education
• Civil Equality Act
• Civil Rights Act
• Voting Rights Act