By the completion of this unit, students should be able to:
​SS8H11 Evaluate the role of Georgia in the modern civil rights movement.
  1. Explain Georgia’s response to Brown v. Board of Education including the 1956 flag and the Sibley Commission.
  2. Describe the role of individuals (Martin Luther King, Jr., and John Lewis), groups (SNCC and SCLC) and events (Albany Movement and March on Washington) in the Civil Rights Movement.
  3. Explain the resistance to the 1964 Civil Rights Act, emphasizing the role of Lester Maddox
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