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Booker T. Wasington
Booker Taliaferro Washington (April 5, 1856 – November 14, 1915) was an American educator, author, orator, and advisor to presidents of the United States. Between 1890 and 1915, Washington was the dominant leader in the African-American community. -
Thomas Watson and the Populists
Thomas Edward "Tom" Watson (September 5, 1856 – September 26, 1922) was an American politician, attorney, newspaper editor and writer from Georgia. In the 1890s Watson championed poor farmers as a leader of the Populist Party, -
Henry Grady
Henry W. Grady, the "Spokesman of the New South," served as managing editor for the Atlanta Constitution in the 1880s. A member of the Atlanta Ring of Democratic political leaders, Grady used his office and influence to promote a New South program of northern investment, southern industrial growth, diversified farming, and white supremacy. Grady County, created in 1905, is named in his honor, as is Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta. -
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County unit System
Henry W. Grady, the "Spokesman of the New South," served as managing editor for the Atlanta Constitution in the 1880s. A member of the Atlanta Ring of Democratic political leaders, Grady used his office and influence to promote a New South program of northern investment, southern industrial growth, diversified farming, and white supremacy. Grady County, created in 1905, is named in his honor, as is Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta. -
International Cotton exposition
International Cotton Exposition (I.C.E) was a world's fair held in Atlanta, Georgia, on October 5 , 1881. The idea of holding such an exhibition in the South was first suggested by Edward Atkinson of New York, who in August 1880 wrote a letter to a New York journal discussing the great waste incident to the methods then in use in the gathering and handling of the cotton crop and suggested the exhibition. -
Eugene Talmadge
A controversial and colorful politician, Eugene Talmadge played a leading role in the state's politics from 1926 to 1946. Eugene Talmadge was born on the family farm near Forsyth on September 23, 1884, to Carrie Roberts and Thomas R. Talmadge. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
Plessy v. Ferguson, case in which the U.S. Supreme Court, on May 18, 1896, by a seven to one majority (one justice did not participate), advanced the controversial “separate but equal” doctrine for assessing the constitutionality of racial segregation laws. -
1906 Atlanta Riot
During the Atlanta race riot that occurred September 22-24, 1906, white mobs killed dozens of blacks, and inflicted considerable property damage. Local newspaper reports of alleged assaults by black males on white females were the catalyst for the riot, but a number of underlying causes lay behind the outbreak of the mob violence. -
Web DuBois
W.E.B. Du Bois was one of the most important African-American activists during the first half of the 20th century. He co-founded the NAACP and supported Pan-Africanism. -
Leo Frank case
The Leo Frank case is one of the most notorious and highly publicized cases in the legal annals of Georgia. A Jewish man in Atlanta was placed on trial and convicted of raping and murdering a thirteen-year-old girl who worked for the National Pencil Company. -
World War 1
World War I (WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars,was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918. -
Alanzo Herndon
An African American barber and entrepreneur, Alonzo Herndon was founder and president of the Atlanta Life Insurance Company, one of the most successful black-owned insurance businesses in the nation. -
Great depression
The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression that took place mostly during the 1930s, beginning in the United States. -
Agriculture Adjustment act.
Was a stamp act passed in 1933. The law offered farmers subsidies when the crops didn't produce. The law was slightly modified in 1938. -
Civilian Conservation Corps.
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a work relief program that gave millions of young men employment on environmental projects during the Great Depression. President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the CCC with an executive order on April 5, 1933. -
Rural electrification
Rural electrification is the process of bringing electrical power to rural and remote areas. As of the mid 2010s an estimated 200 to 300 million people in India
