Civil Rights and Modern Georgia (1)

A group of college students who held sit-ins at segregated restaurants along with promoted voter registration:

• Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)

• Children of MLK Together

• All Civil Rights Activists United

• Tuskegee Coalition

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

• John Lewis

• Dr. Marin Luther King, Jr.

• Maynard Jackson

• Andrew Young

The Civil Rights Act of 1964:

• The law banned the use of civil lawyers in a court room

• Law that banned Civil Rights protests in Washington

• A play performed on Broadway about Martin Luther King Jr.

• This law banned discrimination against any American because of race/color/religion

How did Lester Maddox surprise his supporters once he became Governor of Georgia?

• He hired more African Americans to government jobs than all other Georgia Governors combined

• He openly supported Civil Rights leaders

• He agreed to take the Confederate battle flag off of the State Flag.

• He organized a large memorial services for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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

Which group conducted sit-ins at lunch counters in order to boycott businesses that wouldn’t serve blacks

• Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)

• Sibley Commission

• Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)

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

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.

How did Georgia respond to the 1954 Brown v. Board ruling?

• Georgia supported the Supreme Court's ruling and immediately desegregated its schools.

• Georgia resisted desegregation and changed the state flag to show its opposition to the Supreme Court's decision.

• Georgia sent public school students to Alabama to avoid desegregation.

• Georgia never desegregated its schools and they remain segregated today.