PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT DURING THE 1950S
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Eugene Talmadge
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Lester Maddox
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Herman Talmadge
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John Sibley
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Detailed explanation-1: -A populist Southern Democrat, Maddox came to prominence as a staunch segregationist when he refused to serve black customers in his Atlanta restaurant, the Pickrick, in violation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Detailed explanation-2: -In response to the Brown v. Board decision, Georgia passed legislation requiring the closing of public schools that had been forced to integrate by court orders and their conversion to private schools.
Detailed explanation-3: -In the early 1960s, young Black college students conducted sit-ins around America to protest the segregation of restaurants.
Detailed explanation-4: -SNCC. / (snɪk) / n acronym for (in the US) Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (1960–69) and Student National Coordinating Committee (from 1969); a civil-rights organization.