Brown vs. Board of Education Sibley Commission Integration of UGA Election of Maynard Jackson

What was the white primary? Only white Democrats could vote in

primaries Party primaries are not real elections 1946-Democratic party voted to

abandon white primary

Originally based on state militia flag from Civil War

Changed in 1879, 1920, and 1956 Zell Miller made campaign promise to

change, but never did Gov. Roy Barnes (without referendum)

changed flag in 2001 Gov. Purdue proposed a vote and flag

was changed again in 2004

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, 1960-1966

1960-sit in at Woolworth’s lunch counter Founded at Shaw U (Raleigh, NC) Congressman John Lewis & NAACP chairman

Julian Bond were prominent figures Issues-nonviolence, Vietnam, white

liberalism, feminism, and black power Events-sit-ins, Freedom Rides, freedom

ballots, and Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, March on Washington

SNCC conducting voter registration drive 7 local black organizations (+ SNCC)

formed organization to end segregation in the city through negotiation rather than violence (called Albany Movement), 1961

Year of mass meetings, protest marches, and arrests; county and surrounding county jails full

MLK, Jr. was asked to help; led several hundred marchers to pray at city hall

Movement seen as failure b/c many dropped out and city refused to integrate

August 28, 1968 Freedom rides/buses brought protestors to

Washington, D.C. 250,000 protestors, 60,000 whites Lincoln Memorial John Lewis gave fiery speech; MLK

delivered “I have a dream” speech Televised event show the nation blacks

and whites together Musicians performed No violence erupted

1. Passage of "meaningful" civil-rights legislation at this session of Congress- no filibusting.

2. Immediate elimination of all racial segregation in public schools throughout the nation.

3. A big program of public works to provide jobs for all the nations' unemployed, including job training and a placement program.

4. A federal law prohibiting racial discrimination in hiring workmen- either public or private.

5. $2-an-hour minimum wage, across the board, nationwide. 6. Withholding of federal funds from programs in which discrimination

exists. 7. Enforcement of the Fourteenth Amendment, reducing

congressional representation of states where citizens are disenfranchised.

8. A broadened Fair Labor Standards Act to include currently-excluded employment areas.

9. Authority for the Attorney General to institute injunctive suits when any constitutional right is violated.

landmark piece of legislation outlawed racial segregation in schools,

public places, and employment bill was amended prior to passage to

protect women, and explicitly included white people for the first time

created the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission