The Civil Rights Movement

3. "One person, one vote". This means to redraw voting districts to ensure that the districts were equal to the population
7. In 1964, this act desegregated ALL public facilities.
8. A preacher from Atlanta who attended Booker T. Washington HS and entered Morehouse College in 1944. This activist used the philosophy from Ghandi. This was to protest and boycott in a non-violent way.
9. He was the governor of GA from 1956-1981. He created the GA Forestry Commission and he extended schools to 9 months.
10. The movement was created to desegregate and allow African Americans to vote.
11. Public hearings to see how GA felt about intergration. About 60% of GA preferred schools to close then to intergrate.

1. The only Georgian to have served as a president of our country. He was the 2nd Georgian to win a Noble Peace Prize. He came into office during the Civil Rights Movement.
2. A political rally that occurred on August 28, 1963. This is where MLK delivered his famous, "I have a dream" speech.
4. This court case overturned the historic case, "Plessy v. Ferguson".
5. He made Atlanta a aviation hub and he also helped with civil rights and hired African American police.
6. He was a black civil rights leader. He became a member of the city's Board of Education and President of Morehouse College.