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Atlanta Braves
The Atlanta Braves are an American professional baseball team in the Atlanta metropolitan area. -
William B. Hartsfield
William B. Hartsfield was a man who became one of the greatest mayors of Atlanta. Hartsfield was elected to the Atlanta City Council in 1922. -
Benjamin Mays
Benjamin Elijah Mays was an American Baptist minister and leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement.Perhaps also known best as the longtime president of Morehouse College in Atlanta -
Atlanta Hawks
The Atlanta Hawks are a professional basketball team based in Atlanta. The Hawks compete in the NBA as a member team of the league's Eastern Conference Southeast Division. The team plays its home games at Philips Arena. -
1946 Governor's Race
Georgia had three governors, Eugene Talmadge won election to a fourth term as Georgia's governor in 1946, but died before his inauguration. The vacant spot was given to Eugene's son, Herman, he was appointed by the state Legislature -
Herman Talmadge
Herman Talmadge, was an attorney and a Democratic American politician from the state of Georgia, the son of former governor Eugene Talmadge. . He ran his father's successful campaign for re-election in 1946 but his father died before taking office. -
1956 State Flag
The Georgia state flag that was used from 1956 to 2001 featured a prominent Confederate battle flag and was designed by Southern Democrat John Sammons Bell, a World War II veteran and an attorney who was an outspoken supporter of segregation. -
Sibley Commission
In 1960 Georgia governor Ernest Vandiver Jr. forced to decide between closing public schools or complying with a federal order to desegregate them, tapped state representative George Busbee to introduce legislation creating the General Assembly Committee on Schools. -
Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter
Hamilton Holmes is best known for desegregating the University of Georgia in Athens. Holmes and Hunter became the first two African American students admitted to the University, one of many segregated southern institutions. -
The Albany Movement
The Albany Movement was a desegregation coalition formed in Albany, Georgia, on November 17, 1961, by local activists, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. -
Ivan Allen Jr.
Ivan Earnest Allen Jr., was an American businessman who served two terms as the 52nd Mayor of Atlanta, during the turbulent civil rights era of the 1960s. -
Civil Rights Act
The Civil Rights Act of 1964, which ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, gender or national origin, is considered one of the crowning legislative achievements of the civil rights movement -
Atlanta Falcons
The Atlanta Falcons are a professional American football team based in Atlanta, Georgia. -
Lester Maddox
Lester Garfield Maddox, Sr. was an American politician who served as the 75th Governor of the U.S. state of Georgia from 1967 to 1971. Lester Maddox. Brought to office in 1966 by widespread dissatisfaction with desegregation. -
Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. was an 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. -
Andrew Young
Andrew Jackson Young, Jr. is an American politician. Beginning his career as a pastor, Young was an early leader in the Civil Rights Movement, serving as executive director -
Maynard Jackson Elected Mayor
Maynard Jackson, Jr. was an American politician and attorney from Georgia, a member of the Democratic Party, and elected in 1973 at the age of 35 as the first African-American mayor of Atlanta, Georgia and of any major city in the South. -
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Jimmy Carter in Georgia
Jimmy Carter, the only Georgian elected president of the United States, held the office for one term. His previous public service included a stint in the U.S. Navy, two senate terms in the Georgia General Assembly, and one term as governor of Georgia. -
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1996 Olympic Games
Atlanta hosted the Centennial Summer Olympic Games, the largest event in the city's history. Local leaders hoped to use the publicity to promote Atlanta's image as an international city ready to play an important role in global commerce. -
Brown v. Board of Education
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 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. -
Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee was one of the most important organizations of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. -
March on Washington
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom the March on Washington or The Great March on Washington, was one of the largest political rallies for human rights in United States history and demanded civil and economic rights for African Americans.
