PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT DURING THE 1950S
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -The Confederate battle emblem stamped on Georgia’s flag doesn’t date to the Civil War era, but to February 1956. That’s when lawmakers voted to change the banner to protest the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Brown v. Board of Education that mandated the desegregation of schools.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Georgia flag has three red and white stripes and the state coat of arms on a blue field in the upper left corner. Thirteen stars surrounding the seal denote Georgia’s position as one of the original thirteen colonies.
Detailed explanation-4: -The first official state flag was established on October 17, 1879. It resembled the Stars and Bars flag of the Confederacy in having three equal red-white-red stripes, but instead of a canton there was a vertical blue stripe along the hoist.