Sibley Commission Report

Date: April 28, 1960 • Location: Sandersville, United States

The Sibley Commission issued their final report, urging the government of the U.S. state of Georgia to abandon its strategy of massive resistance and legalize some instances of school integration.

The General Assembly Committee on Schools, commonly known as the Sibley Commission, was a committee created by the state government of Georgia in 1960 in order to study possible approaches to public school desegregation in the state. The committee consisted of 19 members and was led by its namesake, Atlanta businessman John A. Sibley.