Civil Rights Movement SS8H11

The Sibley Commission found that:

• Waldo was hiding by the jeep in the beach scene

• Georgia was ready for desegregation

• Schools wanted to individually choose how they handled segregation

• 2 out of Georgians would rather see schools closed than integrated

What was the Civil Rights Movement

• Civil lawyers voted to move the courts to cities

• African Americans fought against racial discrimination and segregation

• Whites fought to preserve segregation

• Hispanics voters fought for the right to vote

The Sibley Commission:

• Printed signs to boycott desegregation

• Helped transition African Americans into white schools

• Held sit-ins at local stores to boycott segregation

• held public hearings to see how Georgians felt about integration

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

As governor of Georgia, Lester Maddox did surprising things including:

• Hiring more African Americans into office than any other governor before him

• Integrated the Georgia State Patrol

• Supported Prison Reform

• All of the above

Martin Luther King Jr. :

• Was a student of Benjamin Mays

• Was the leader of the Civil Rights Movement

• Led the March on Washington

• All of the above

Which court cause over-turned Plessy v. Ferguson

• Miranda v. Arizona

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Roe v. Wade

• Marbury v. Madison

Which movement lasted from the Fall of 1961 to the Summer of 1962 and whose goal was to end all types of segregation in Albany, GA?

• Free Culture Movement

• Albany Movement

• Black Lives Matter

• Cooperative Movement

Thurgood Marshall:

• Was a student in Linda Brown's class

• Led the March on Washington

• Was the sheriff of the Albany during the Albany Movement

• Argued the Brown v. Board of Education case in front of the Supreme Court

What did Martin Luther King Jr. believe was the cause of failure for the Albany Movement?

• The government welcomed the protestors

• There was not enough support

• There were too many groups trying to do too many protests

• Many groups got the days mixed up