Question

In 1956 Georgia’s assembly approved what controversial measures? (Including the Confederate battle flag within the new state flag; Integrating the University of Georgia; Banning Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. from speaking publicly in Georgia; Inaugurating the first elected African-American mayor of Atlanta)

Answer 1

In 1956, Georgia's assembly approved the controversial measure of including the Confederate battle flag within the new state flag. This decision was part of a broader response to the Civil Rights Movement and was seen by many as a way to assert a Southern identity and resist desegregation efforts. The other measures you mentioned were not approved in that year: integrating the University of Georgia occurred in 1961, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was not officially banned from speaking but faced significant opposition, and the first elected African-American mayor of Atlanta, Maynard Jackson, took office in 1974.