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Martin luther king jr.
American Baptist minister and activist who was a leader in the Civil Rights Movement. He is best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights using nonviolent civil disobedience based on his Christian beliefs. King became a civil rights activist early in his career. He led the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott and helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) in 1957, serving as its first president. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr. -
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William b. hartsfield
He was educated in the Atlanta public school system but did not finish high school or attend college. He married Pearl Williams on August 2 1913.They had two children,William Berry Jr. and Mildred. In 1962 after nearly fifty years of marriage, they divorced. On July 11 1962 Hartsfield married Tollie BedenbaughTolan of Athens he later adopted her son http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org -
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Benjamin mays
Perhaps best known as the longtime president of Morehouse College in Atlanta, Benjamin Mays was a distinguished African American minister, educator, scholar, and social activist. He was also a significant mentor to civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. and was among the most articulate and outspoken critics of segregation before the rise of the modern civil rights movement in the United States. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/ -
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1946 governor`s race.
Georgia had just created a new constitution in 1945. In Article 5, the office of Lieutenant Governor was created. Issues of contested elections were covered as well as succession if the governor became disabled or died. What it did not elucidate was what happens if the “Governor-elect” dies before he takes the oath of office.https://ss8h11.wordpress.com/ss8h11-section-a/1946-governors-race/ -
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Herman talmadge
Herman Talmadge, son of Eugene Talmadge, served as governor of Georgia
Herman Talmadge, son of Georgia governor Eugene Talmadge, took the governor's office briefly in 1947, and again after a special election in 1948.
Herman Talmadge
for a brief time in early 1947 and again from 1948 to 1954. In 1956 Talmadge was elected to the U.S. Senate, where he served until his defeat in 1980. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org -
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Brown v. board of education.
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. The decision overturned the Plessy v. Ferguson decision of 1896, which allowed state-sponsored segregation, insofar as it applied to public education. Handed down on May 17, 1954, the Warren Court's acilities are inherently unequal. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_v._Board_of_Education -
Sibley commission.
The Sibley Commission was the brainchild of Griffin Bell, Vandiver's chief of staff. In 1959 U.S. District Court judge Frank Hooper ruled Atlanta's segregated public school system unconstitutional and ordered it integrated. Hooper, however, delayed the implementation of the order for one year to give state authorities time to develop a desegregation plan. This decision presented a problem to state leaders who, after the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision, -
Student non violent coordinating committee.
was one of the most important organizations of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s.[1][2] It emerged from a student meeting organized by Ella Baker held at Shaw University in April 1960. SNCC grew into a large organization with many supporters in the North who helped raise funds to support SNCC's work in the South, allowing full-time SNCC workers to have a $10 per week salary. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Student_Nonviolent_Coordinating_Committee -
Hamilton holmes and charlayne hunter.
became the first two African American students admitted to the University, one of many segregated southern institutions. When they initially tried to apply in the Winter Quarter of 1959, they were not accepted because of “limited space.” Holmes attended Morehouse College on a full scholarship, but continued to re-submit applications every quarter in hopes of gaining access to the University's better science facilities. http://www.civilrights.uga.edu/cities/athens/hamp1.htm -
The albany movement.
a desegregation coalition formed in Albany, Georgia, on November 17, 1961, by local activists, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). The organization was led by William G. Anderson, a local black Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albany_Movement -
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Ivan allen jr.
Ivan Allen Jr. served as mayor of Atlanta from 1962 to 1970.
Ivan Allen Jr. served as mayor of Atlanta from 1962 to 1970. He is credited with leading the city through an era of significant physical and economic growth and with maintaining calm during the civil rights movement. In 1965 he persuaded the Braves to move to Atlanta from Milwaukee Wisconsin.
Ivan Allen Jr. 1965
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Atlanta falcons
In 1965 the Atlanta Falcons became the first professional football team in the city of Atlanta and the fifteenth National Football League (NFL) franchise in existence.Since the team's first preseason game against Philadelphia at Atlanta Stadium (later Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium), the Falcons have become a mainstay in Atlanta's sports culture.http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/ -
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Atlanta braves
After spending seventy-seven years in Boston, Massachusetts, and thirteen in Milwaukee Wisconsin the Braves moved to Atlanta to begin the 1966 major league baseball season. The move made the Atlanta Braves the first major league professional sports team to call the Deep South its home.On April 12 1966 the Braves played their first regular season game in Atlanta Stadium before a sellout crowd of more than 50,000 enthusiastic fans.http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/ -
1956 state flag.
adopted on May 8, 2003. The flag bears three stripes consisting of red-white-red, and a blue canton containing a ring of 13 white stars encompassing the state's coat of arms in gold. In the coat of arms, the arch symbolizes the state's constitution and the pillars represent the three branches of government: legislative, executive, and judicial. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Georgia_(U.S._state) -
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Atlanta hawks
Atlanta Hawks player Al Harrington attempts a rebound during a game with the Phoenix Suns at Philips Arena in 2006. The Hawks franchise moved to Atlanta from St. Louis, Missouri, in 1968 and has played home games at Philips Arena since 1999.
Hawks a National Basketball Association (NBA) franchise and part of the Eastern Conference's Southeast Division, have called Atlanta home since 1968. Playing at Philips Arena in the heart of downtown Atlanta. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/