Civil Rights

What was on Eugene Talmadge's platform for the 1946 Governors race?

• To integrate schools

• Bring back the white primary

• Reinstate Poll Taxes

• Bring back Jim Crow Laws

What court case did Brown V Board overturn

• Grant v Board of Education

• Worchester v Georgia

• Plessy V Ferguson

• Dred Scott v Sanford

What was the 3 Governors controversy

• Herman Talmadge won the race

• Ellis Arnall wanted to keep his office because he had rightfully won

• 3 governor's tied n the race

• 3 people thoughts that they were all the rightful governor

How did Georgia protest the integration of schools?

• Closed Schools

• Changed the flag to include the stars and bars

• Fired people on the Board of Education

• Sent their kids to private schools

The March on Washington was meant to:

• Create jobs for African Americans

• Integration of Schools

• Extend the Boycotts of Buses

• Bring awareness to the Civil Rights Act of 1964

The SCLS was

• A student led nonviolent organization

• Focused on voter registration

• John Lewis was a founder

• A nonviolent group led by MLK

The SNCC did what?

• Focused on School integration

• focused on voter registration

• was a violent group of militia

• was led by MLK

Who were Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes?

• The first African American students at UGA

• Freedom Riders

• Black rights activitists

• MLK's relatives

What was Andrew Young known for?

• Leader of the SNCC

• Pioneer of the civil rights movement with MLK

• Leader of the SCLC

• First African American Governor of Georgia.

What was the puropse of the Sibley Commission?

• To establish a blacks only school

• To desegregate public transportation

• To register people to vote

• To survey Georgians to decide on integration