Civil Rights Movement (Georgia Impact)

Brown v. Board of Education was famous because the court ruled that it is illegal

• allow children to work.
• to pay black people less than white people.
• to return a slave.
• to segregate schools.

Court case that created "Separate-but-equal" doctrine.

• Sweatt v. Painter
• Brown v. Board of Education
• Plessy v. Ferguson
• Mendez v. Kirby ISD

_______________ wrote "I Have a Dream" and delivered it to thousands in Washington, DC. 

• Harry Belafonte
• Barack Obama
• Martin Luther King, Jr. 
• Jesse Jackson

A form of nonviolent protest where people stop buying a product?

• march
• boycott
• sit in
• activist

How did Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech impact the civil rights movement?

• It called for violent resistance, resulting in riots across the country.
• It inspired many people, giving strength and momentum to the movement.
• It was largely ignored by the movement, though regarded as a superbly written speech.
• It was considered controversial and fragmented the movement into small groups.

Committee formed to study the impact of integration in public schools after Brown v. Board of Education ruling?

• Sibley Commission

• Maddox Commission

• Busbee Commission

• Talmadge Commission

This Georgia southwestern city was the place for an unsuccessful attempt by SNCC, SCLC and NAACP to desegregate the city?

• Columbus

• Albany

• Bainbridge

• Valdosta

This man would become the last segregationist Governor of Georgia in 1967?

• George Busbee

• Jimmy Carter

• Herman Talmadge

• Lester Maddox

What did Lester Maddox do that surprised people based on his segregationist stance?

• appointed more African Americans to positions in state government than all other Georgia Governors before him combined.

• reopened his restaurant as a desegregated establishment

• pushed for federal legislation that would harshly penalize companies for violating the Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Allowed the federal government to audit the state budget as it pertained to state funds allocated to help ease the impact of segregation

Who was the first African American Mayor of Atlanta?

• Maynard Jackson
• Michael Jackson
• Andrew Young
• Sam Massell