After the Supreme Court’s Brown v. Board of Education decision on May 17, 1954 outlawing public school segregation, Confederate battle flags began appearing more frequently throughout Georgia and the South. This time, display of the emblem was openly acknowledged as support for segregation and opposition to the Brown decision. In Georgia, as in other states, that opposition took more concrete forms as well. In November 1954, Georgia voters approved a private school amendment authorizing the General Assembly to divert money to private schools as a means of avoiding integration. The next year, the assembly threatened to cut off funds to any school system that tried to move forward with desegregation. . . . The Georgia School Board ordered all teachers belonging to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) to resign from the organization or have their teaching licenses revoked. And in April 1955, suggestions first appeared supporting the Confederate emblem’s addition to Georgia’s state flag.
What was the response to the Brown decision in Georgia? Check all that apply.
More Confederate battle flags began to appear.
The Confederate emblem became a symbol of segregation.
Georgia voters voiced support for racial integration.
The General Assembly made efforts to avoid desegregating schools.
Georgia parents became less interested in sending their children to private schools.
