Georgia 1950s

By: Madeleine, Michael, Jeremy and

Allison

Culture/Religion

Hospitable
Music: Country
Main religion: Christianity
Orthodox Church

Climate
Climate varies between different regions
in the state
Experience all four seasons
Thunderstorms are very common in the
spring and summer as well as hail and
tornadoes.
Hurricanes also regularly occur

Geography
Alaska and Hawaii became the forty-ninth and
fiftieth states
Lake Lanier reaches 1070 feet above sea level
for the first time in march 25th, 1959
There are 5 major regions of Georgia:
Appalachian, Ridge and Valley, Blue Ridge,
Piedmont, and Coastal Plain

Lifestyle

Life in Georgia as well as most of the southerns

states was incredibly racist, including
segregation.
uprising of support for blacks and their long
needed equality
This was known as the civil rights
movement (50s - 60s into the 70s)
Protests fighting for
racial equality were
common

Lifestyle-Continued

50s small communities were against

white supremacy

Was viewed as the epitome of the

movement for equality

However many were against the

equality which caused the matter to
become more difficult to resolve

Example of
segregation
during the
time

Example of
communities
refusing integration

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Citations Continued
"Civil Rights Movement." New Georgia Encyclopedia. N.p., 7 Apr. 2015. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/historyarchaeology/civil-rights-movement Web. 27 Apr. 2015.
Cobb, James C., and John C. Inscoe. "Civil Rights Movement." New Georgia Encyclopedia. N.p., 25 Sept. 2009. http://www.
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