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| Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) | Challenged segregated bus system in Albany, Georgia. Nearly 500 people jailed in the boycotts/demonstrations. Biracial committee formed to study concerns of African Americans |
| Albany Movement | Challenged segregation through the work of SNCC, NAACP, and local activists led by Dr. William Anderson in Albany. |
| Sibley Commission | Found that most Georgians would rather close schools than integrate. |
| UGA Integration: 1961 | Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes first African American students at UGA. |
| March on Washington | Political rally held in Washington, D.C. in 1963. Intended to help African Americans achieve more equality in the job market while also gaining more freedom. At this rally, Dr. King delivered his “I Have A Dream” speech. |
| Civil Rights Act | All public facilities had to be integrated. Discrimination was prohibited in business and labor unions. |
| Maynard Jackson | Elected mayor of Atlanta in 1973 (1st African American mayor of a major southern city). |
| Lester Maddox | Became governor of Georgia in 1967. Had forcibly turned black activists who challenged segregation at the restaurant he had owned. Very popular with Georgians who supported segregation. |
| Andrew Young | An aide to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Executive director of the SCLC. In 1972, won election to the U.S. House of Representatives (1st African American from GA to be elected to Congress since the 1860’s). |
| County Unit System | Started as an informal election system in 1898. Became legal in 1917. Did not allow each individual to cast a vote. The winner of the popular vote in each county received the “unit” votes for that county. |
| Jimmy Carter | Born: October 1, 1924 in Plains, GA. Elected to the GA Senate in 1962 and 1964. Elected as governor of GA in 1970. Worked to streamline Georgia’s government and improve education in rural areas. Won the presidential election in 1976. Worked to develop peaceful relations between numerous countries. |
| Georgia’s Two-Party System | By having a two-party system (Democrats and Republicans having an equal opportunity to compete in and win elections), the state of Georgia has given its people a chance to make changes for the better. |
| 1996 Olympic Games | held in Atlanta, Georgia. Events were also held in the cities of Savannah, Columbus, Athens, Gainesville, and Cleveland. Major economic impact on Georgia. Hotels added 7,500 new rooms and new sports venues and event sites were created (such as the Georgia Dome and Centennial Olympic Park) More than 72 million visitors came to Atlanta during the Olympics. |
| Immigrants | People who move to an area from other countries. Many of the immigrants coming to the United States are illegal immigrants. In 1986, the Immigration Reform and Control Act created penalties and punishments for companies that hire illegal immigrants. However, these immigrants often times help fill jobs in farming and manufacturing. |
| GA State Constitution | established the government for the state of Georgia. Georgia’s Constitution, like the US Constitution, contains a preamble (introduction) and a Bill of Rights (a section containing a list of rights and government limits). |
| Separation of Powers | Each of the three branches of government have different jobs |
| Legislative Branch | Makes the rules or laws that people must obey. |
| Executive Branch | Head, or leader, of the government. Enforces the laws. |
| Judicial Branch | Interprets, or judges, the laws. |
| Checks and Balances | System created to ensure that none of the three branches of government become too powerful, or more powerful than any of the other branches. |
