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International Cotton Exposition (I.C.E)
was a world's fair held in Atlanta, Georgia, from October 5 to December 31 of 1881. The location was along the Western & Atlantic Railroad tracks near the present-day King Plow Arts Center development in the West Midtown area. -
william b, hartsfield
william b, hatsfield is and somewhat important person to history to this day leaving a mark on Georgia. his role of mayor time he served Atlanta 49 and 51 mayor as he was the longest serving mayor from 1937-1961, in his time he maneged to raise the pouplation of alanta from 100,000 to numbers like 1 millon, in concllusion alanta would not be alanta without william b, hartsfield. -
1906 alanta riot
During the Atlanta race riot that occurred September 22-24, 1906, white mobs killed dozens of blacks, wounded scores of others, 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.
