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Atlanta Braves
The Atlanta Braves are an American professional baseball franchise based in the Atlanta metropolitan area. -
John Lewis
John Robert Lewis is an American politician and is a prominent civil rights leader. -
Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter
Hamilton E. Holmes. Hamilton E. Holmes was an American orthopedic physician. He and Charlayne Hunter-Gault were the first two African-American students admitted to the University of Georgia. -
Atlanta Hawks
The Atlanta Hawks are an American professional basketball team based in Atlanta, Georgia. -
1946 Governor's Race
For a period of time in 1947, Georgia had three governors. Eugene Talmadge won election to a fourth term as Georgia's governor in 1946, but died before his inauguration. To fill the vacancy, Eugene's son, Herman, was appointed by the state Legislature. -
Brown V. Board of Education
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be "unconstitutional." -
1956 State Flag
The Georgia state flag that was used from 1956 to 2001 featured a prominent Confederate battle flag -
Student Non- Violent Coordinating Committee
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee was one of the most important organizations of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. -
Sibley Commission
Sibley Commission. 1969 Georgia governor Ernest Vandiver Jr. forced to decide between closing public schools or complying with a federal order to desegregate them. -
The Albany Movement
The Albany Movement was a desegregation and voter's rights coalition formed in Albany, Georgia. -
March on Washington
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, the March on Washington, or The Great March on Washington, was held in Washington, D.C. -
1964 Civil Rights Act
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a landmark civil rights and US labor law in the United States that outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, male or female, or national origin -
Atlanta Falcons
The Atlanta Falcons are a professional American football team based in Atlanta. -
Lester Maddox
Lester Garfield Maddox Sr. was an American politician who served as the 75th Governor of the U.S. state of Georgia. -
Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. was an American Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the civil rights movement from 1954 through 1968. -
William B. Hartsfield
William Berry Hartsfield, Sr., was an American politician who served as the 49th and 51st Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia. -
Andrew Young
Andrew Jackson Young Jr. is an American politician, diplomat, and activist. -
Maynard Jackson Elected Mayor
Maynard Holbrook Jackson Jr. was an American politician and attorney from Georgia, a member of the Democratic Party, and elected in 1973 first African-American mayor of Atlanta, Georgia and of any major city in the South. -
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Jimmy Carter in Georgia
James Earl Carter Jr. is an American politician who served as the 39th President of the United States. -
Benjamin Mays
Benjamin Elijah Mays was an American Baptist minister and civil rights leader who is credited with laying the intellectual foundations of the African-American civil rights movement. -
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1996 Olympic Games
The 1996 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympics. -
Herman Talmadge
Herman Eugene Talmadge was an attorney and a Democratic American politician from the state of Georgia, the son of former governor Eugene Talmadge. -
Ivan Allen Jr.
Ivan Earnest Allen Jr., was an American businessman who served two terms as the 52nd Mayor of Atlanta, during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s.
