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Civil Rights & Segregation Entrees

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Elected Atlanta's first African American mayor in history.
This place was discriminated for African Americans to learn at, at the time it was around.
King's strategy of peaceful protest was adopted by a group of college students who formed |the answer| in 1960.
Like his father he ran a race based on white supremacy. He served as Georgia's governor from 1948 to 1955 and was incredibly popular among the state's white democracy.
using peaceful means rather than force, especially to bring about political or social change
Linda Brown's lawyer that argued over the 14th amendment to the Constitution
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In 1960, a commission was formed by Atlanta banker John Sibley that held public hearings to see how Georgians felt about integration.
Along with Charlayne Hunter, UGA built an academic building after this man.
This law banned discrimination against any American because of that person's race, color, or religion. Passed by Lyndon B. Johnson.
A minister and educator who became president of Atlanta's Morehouse College in 1940. *Martin Luther King Jr.'s mentor.
He became a national hero and the recognized leader of the Civil Rights Movements after successfully leading the Montgomery Bus Boycott. He graduated from Morehouse with a Ph.D and became an ordained minister.
Helped white supremacists control Georgia's politics because it only allowed whites to vote in the statewide primary elections.
From fall 1961 to summer 1962, a desegregation movement involving the NAACP and SNCC took place in Albany,Georgia.
Became a public figure head when he was chose to close his Atlanta restaurant rather than comply with the Civil Rights Act and serve African Americans.
This case had the court rule that segregation was unconstitutional, and public schools across America began to integrate.