Unit 9 Graphic Organizer #2
SS8H11a/b- Civil Rights in the 60’s and 70’s
Politicians & Groups
SCLC:
Leader: Martin Luther King Jr.
Methods: nonviolent methods
Boycotts, marches, strikes,
sit-ins
SNCC:
Leader: John Lewis
Methods: Work w/ SCLC, more
aggressive sit-ins, freedom rides
Sibley Commission
• group tasked to study integration
• staged mtgs, showed support for int.
• recommended integration
• helped end massive resistance
Lester Maddox
• owned “Pickrick” restaurant
• closed rather than serve blacks
• segregationist
• elected GA Gov. in 1967
• Died June of 2003
Events
Integration of UGA
Who? Charlayne Hunter/Hamilton Holmes
Black Leaders
John Lewis
• U.S. Rep. from GA’s 5th district
• One of “Big 6” civil rights leaders
• SNCC leader
• Keynote speaker at M.O.W.
• Organized sit-ins and boycotts
• Participated in “freedom rides”
• 1st two black students admitted to UGA
• beginning of integration at UGA
• January 1961
Albany Movement
• movement to desegregate Albany
• MLK came to Albany to help movement
Maynard Jackson
• failed to desegregate the city, but leaders • 1st black mayor of Atlanta
learned many valuable lessons for future
• served 3 terms
• expanded the airport
March on Washington
• helped bring Olympics to Atlanta
• March on Wash. for jobs & freedom
• MLK gave “I Have a Dream” speech
M.O.W Goals:
1. Demonstrate support for movement
2. Encourage civil rights legislation
Civil Rights Act
The end result and goal of the civil rights
movement. Not completely satisfying to
civil rights leaders, but did end racial
discrimination in public facilities and
places of employment
Andrew Young
• Aide to MLK
• U.S. Representative
• Ambassador to U.N. under Carter
• Helped bring Olympics to Atlanta
How important were GA’s contributions
to the Civil Rights movement? Many
Georgians played a pivotal role in the
movement including THE leader, MLK