PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT DURING THE 1950S
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1956 Georgia Flag
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2003 Georgia Flag
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State Seal
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State Motto
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Detailed explanation-1: -In Georgia, the Confederate battle flag was reintroduced as an element of the state flag in 1956, just two years after the Supreme Court decision Brown v. Board of Education. It was considered by many to be a protest against school desegregation.
Detailed explanation-2: -State Flag, 1956-2001 Georgia’s General Assembly ratified the addition of the Confederate Battle Flag to the state flag in 1956 as a backlash to the Brown v. Board of Education decisions, which federally imposed integration of public schools.
Detailed explanation-3: -The wine-red color symbolises the good times of the past as well as the future, whilst the black represents Russian rule, and the white represents hope for peace.
Detailed explanation-4: -Known as the “Stars and Bars, ” the flag featured a white star for each Confederate state on a blue background, and three stripes, two red and one white.