Controversial flag that flew over Georgia from 1956-2001 due to the flag's prominent Confederate emblem. = <span>1956 State Flag
</span><span>Leader in the Civil Rights movement; leader of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee; U.S. Representative (1986-present). = </span><span>Congressman John Lewis
</span>The famous jobs and civil rights march led by Dr. Martin Luther King, where he gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech. = <span>March on Washington
</span><span>Federal legislation, signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson in 1964, that forbade discrimination on the basis of race and sex in hiring, firing, and promotion = </span><span>Civil Rights act of 1964
</span>Civil rights organization by college students that urged non-violent protests and sit-in; They organized voter registrations in the South and led the Albany Movement. = <span>Student Non-Violent Coordination Committee
</span><span>Supreme Court cases that struck down the policy of separate but equal and mandated the desegregation of public schools. = </span><span>Brown vs the Board of Education
</span><span>Investigation by lawyer John Sibley to determine what should be done about integration in the state; though 60% of Georgians claimed they would rather close the public schools than integrate, Sibley recommended that public schools desegregate on a limited basis. = </span><span>Sibley Commission</span>
