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Atlanta Braves
Atlanta Braves was a major league baseball team.Time Warner is the owner of the Atlanta Falcons. -
Jimmy Carter in Georgia
Jimmy carter was the 39th president of the United States of America.Carter studied engineering at Georgia South Western Junior College. -
Martin Luther King Jr.
He was a activist in the Civil Right Movement.He played a pivotal role in ending the legal segregation of African-American citizens in the United States. -
William B. Hartsfield
He was a lawyer and a politician.William was the mayor of Atlanta.After his death Atlanta named the airport in his name for his honor. -
Benjamin Mays
He was an american Baptist minister.He was remembered for his leadership.He was born on August 1,1894. -
Atlanta Hawks
The Atlanta Hawks are a professional basketball team.The Hawks competed in the National Basketball Association.The basketball team plays its home games at Phillips Arena. -
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. -
Herman Talmadge
Herman Talmadge attended public schools in Mcrae. He was a attorney and a Democratic American politician from the state of georgia. -
Brown v. Board of Education
It was a land mark United States Supreme Court case.It was where people get treated equally -
Sibley commision
Despite the findings, Sibley pushed for schools in Georgia to desegregate on a limited basis. Based on the commission’s findings, the legislature was set to vote on the matter in January 1961. -
1956 State flag
He was designed for a battle flag.It was designed by Southern Democrat John Sammons Bell. -
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Comitee
It was designed to give black Americans a voice in the Civil rights movement.It was led by the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was out of touch with younger blacks who wanted the movement to make faster progress. -
Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne hunter
In 1961 Hamilton Holmes (center) became one of the first African American students to gain admission to the University of Georgia after a two-year legal battle. Holmes was an Atlanta businessman.
Hamilton Holmes
was born July 8, 1941, in Atlanta. His father, Alfred "Tup" Holmes, was an Atlanta businessman -
The Albany Movement
It was the first mass movement in the modern civil rights.Albany was important because of King's involvement and because of the lessons he learned that he would soon apply in Birmingham. -
Ivan Allen Jr.
Allen was an american businessman. He graduated in Georgia Tech. -
March on Washington
On the March Washington,Martin Luther King gave his speech.250,00 people attended the March on the Washington.Many black people participated in this event. -
Civil Rights Act
It was to give colored people a right to vote.President Lyndon Johnson signed it into a law. That's when they made other amendments to not allow slavery. -
Atlanta Falcons
The Atlanta Falcons are an american professional team.They are a member club of the league's National Football Conference South Division. -
Andrew Young
He was a south african.He is an ambasodor to the nations.He became mayor of Atlanta. -
Maynard Jackson Elected Mayor
He is the first African American mayor of Atlanta.He went to North Carilona Central University School. -
1996 Olympic Games
The 1996 Olympic Games was known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad.Atlanta competed against five other cities. -
Lester Maddox
He was the former Georgia Governor.Lester is against slavery.He says "it's not about the race"
