Civil Rights Movement

Which Georgia governor refused to serve African Americans in his restaurant

• Lester Maddox
• Herman Talmadge
• Eugene Talmadge
• Andrew Young

Which of the following statements would Lester Maddox have most likely agreed with?

• People should be treated the same, regardless of their skin color
• A man has the right to do with his own property as he sees fit, without the government telling him what to do
• Martin Luther King, Jr. is the greatest Georgian in the states' history
• Schools should follow the example set by the University of Georgia and integrate

Which of the following did Herman Talmadge and Lester Maddox have in common

• They both served as mayor of Atlanta and supported integration
• They both supported the civil rights movement
• They both opposed integration and federal intervention in local affairs
• They both inherited positions of political power from their fathers

What challenge did Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter face in 1961

• They were the first African Americans to serve back to back terms as mayors of Atlanta
• They were the first African Americans to play professional sports in the South
• They were the first African Americans admitted to the University of Georgia
• They were the first African Americans admitted to enter Lester Maddox's restaurant

Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his "I have a dream" speech during

• The Albany Movement
• The 1996 Atlanta Olympics
• The Montgomery Bus Boycott
• The March on Washington

What legislation prohibited discrimination based on color, race, or religion in public places

• Brown v. Board of Education
• Civil Equality Act
• Civil Rights Act
• Voting Rights Act

The fact that more Atlanta city contracts went to African American business owners after 1973 is evidence of

• The arrival of professional sports teams
• The impact of Maynard Jackson
• The end of the white primary
• The Civil Rights Act of 1964

Who was Maynard Jackson?

• The first Republican elected to Congress since Reconstruction
• Georgia's first African American governor
• Mayor of Atlanta during the 1996 Olympics
• Atlanta's first African American mayor

Which African American politician began as an aide to Martin Luther King, Jr. and was the first African American Senator elected since Reconstruction?

• Maynard Jackson
• Benjamin Mays
• Andrew Young
• Lester Maddox

Andrew Young made history when he was elected mayor of Atlanta for which of the following reasons

• It was the first time an African American mayor had ever succeeded another African American mayor in a major city
• He was the first African American mayor in the city's history
• He was the first mayor elected after the end of segregation in public schools
• He was the first mayor in history to serve two consecutive terms