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Atlanta braves
american professional baseball franchise based in the Atlanta metropolitan area -
William B. Hartsfield
an american politician who served as the 49 and 51 mayor of atlanta -
Atlanta falcons
american football team that is based on the Atlanta falcons -
Benjamin mays
american baptist minister -
1946 governor's race
Eugene son Herman was appointed to state legilature -
Atlanta hawks
Atlanta basketball based on atlanta -
Herman talmaegde
was american attorney and an politician -
Brown V. Board of Education
A landmark united states supreme court case in which the court declared state law establishing separate public schools for blacks and white students to be unconstitutional -
1956 state flag
A prominent confederate battle flag and was designed by southern democrat john sammons -
sibley commission
force to decide to close public schools or complying with a federal order to desegregate them -
Student non-violent coordinating committee
was one of the most important civil rights movements in the 1960s -
Hamilton holmes and Charlayne Hunter
best known for desegregating the university of georgia -
The Albany Movement
desegregation coalition formed in Albany Georgia by local activist -
Ivan Allen Jr.
An american businessman who served two terms as the 52nd mayor of atlanta -
March on Washington
for jobs and freedom -
Civil rights act
ended segregation in public places -
lester maddox
was an American politician who served as the 75th Governor of the U.S. state of Georgia -
Martin Luther King Jr.
An American baptist minister and activist who lead the civil rights movement -
Andrew young
an American politician, diplomat, and activist. Beginning his career as a pastor -
Maynard Jackson Elected Mayor
was an American politician and attorney from Georgia -
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Jimmy carter in georgia
the only Georgian elected president of the United States, held the office for one term -
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1996 Olympics games
The 1996 Summer Olympics, known officially as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially as the Centennial Olympic Games