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Modern Georgia

Modern Georgia. Civil Rights Movement. Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee * Started when students in North Carolina had a lunch counter sit-in * Worked to register blacks to vote * SNCC (Snick) Sibley Commission * 14 member group organized to study the

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Modern Georgia

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  1. Modern Georgia

  2. Civil Rights Movement • Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee * Started when students in North Carolina had a lunch counter sit-in * Worked to register blacks to vote * SNCC (Snick) • Sibley Commission * 14 member group organized to study the problem of integration. * Recommended that school systems would decide to integrate or not.

  3. Civil Rights Movement • Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter were the first African American students admitted to UGA on January 6, 1961 • Albany Movement * Led by Dr. William Anderson * African Americans worked together to integrate the bus station in Albany, GA * The NAACP and SNCC organized protests * 500 people were arrested * Biracial committee was formed to study the concerns of African Americans in Albany

  4. Civil Rights Movement • March on Washington 1963 * August 28, 1963 over 250,000 people gathered in Washington * Demonstrated to get the Civil Rights Act passed * Martin Luther King Jr. gave his “I Have a Dream” speech

  5. Civil Rights Movement • Civil Rights Act of 1964 * Segregation of all public facilities illegal * Federal government could withhold money from schools that refused to integrate. • Maynard Jackson * 1st African American Mayor of Atlanta * Increased the programs for the arts, expanded the airport, led effort to bring the Olympics to Atlanta

  6. Civil Rights Movement • Lester Maddox – strict segregationist * Became Governor in 1967 * Was elected by the state legislature not the people’s vote because the election was too close to call. * Appointed more Africans Americans to state boards and commissions than all other Governors combined.

  7. Civil Rights Movement • Andrew Young * Executive Director of SCLC * Helped establish “citizenship schools” that taught nonviolent organizing strategies *An aide to Martin Luther King, Jr. * 1st African American from GA to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives * Served 2 terms as mayor of ATL *Co-chair of Atlanta Olympic Committee

  8. Modern Georgia • End of the County Unit System * Designed to maintain the power rural areas there was a higher population in the urban areas. (reduce the influence of the black vote) *April 1962 the court ruled that the system violated the 14th Amendment * political power went to heavily populated areas *Gave black population an equal opportunity to elect legislative representatives.

  9. Modern Georgia • Reapportionment * One-person, one-vote concept – every citizen’s vote should be equal to every other citizen’s vote no matter where a person lived * GA’s constitution violated one-person, one-vote. * General Assembly had to reapportion (redraw) voting district lines so districts were of equal population size

  10. Modern Georgia • Jimmy Carter * 1962 elected to GA state senate * 1970 elected Governor of GA * 1976 elected President of the U.S.A. * create Department of Education * complete major civil service reform * expanded national parks system * Champion for human rights and fought for peace even after his presidency.

  11. Modern Georgia • Two Party System * In the 80’s and 90’s Georgians began to elected more Republicans * Before this the Democratic party tended to dominate the elections in GA. * Democrats had ruled the state for over 100 years. * In 2002, GA elected its first Republican Governor since Reconstruction * GA became a 2 Party System

  12. Modern Georgia • 1996 Olympic Games *Created world-class competition facilities * Brought international recognition to GA * Brought volunteer programs, educational and training programs, and jobs to Georgians * Atlanta was criticized for its lack of infrastructure which led traffic congestion.

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