The Sibley Commission, established in 1960 by the Governor of Georgia to address the issue of school desegregation, recommended that Georgia should comply with the US Supreme Court's ruling in Brown v. Board of Education and begin the process of desegregating public schools. However, it also suggested that the decision to desegregate should be made at the local level, allowing communities to decide whether to integrate their schools voluntarily rather than through federal intervention. This recommendation ultimately paved the way for a gradual and relatively peaceful desegregation process in Georgia.
