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- 3. Primary elections in which only whites were allowed to vote.
- 5. Black civil rights leader from Atlanta
- 9. The science of farming.
- 13. A landmark 1954 case in which the US Supreme Court ruled that race-based segregation of public school students to be unconstitutional.
- 14. A partnership of the civil rights organization and churches that worked for desigregation and other civil rights.
- 15. a partnership of the Advancement of Colored People and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee who workeed together to end segregation.
- 16. An organization formed in 1960 to further the cause of equal rights for minorities.
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- 1. A commission charged by Governor Ernest Vandiver to study segregation in Georgia.
- 2. In 1964 Georgia's govern-elet Eugene Talmadge, died before taking office.
- 4. Civil Rights leader who was chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating and organized the 1963 march on Washington.
- 6. A segregationist who rose to fame after refusing to serve African Americans in his restaurant.
- 7. Two-term mayor of Atlanta during the civil rights era.
- 8. The two-time mayor of Atlanta who helped develop the city's airport into teh major trasportation hub it has become today.
- 10. A national movement by African Americans in the 1950's and 1960's to end segregation and ensure equal rights of minorities.
- 11. Ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination.
- 12. August 28 1963 approximately 250,000 people gathered before the Lincoln Memorial to demand equal protection for African Americans.
