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Jimmy Carter in Georgia
James Earl "Jimmy" Carter Jr. is an American politician who served as the 39th President of the United States from 1977 to 1981. In 2002, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his work with the Carter Center. -
Maynard Jackson elected Mayor
Maynard Holbrook 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. -
Benjamin Mays
Benjamin Elijah Mays was an American Baptist minister, activist, humanitarian, and leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement.[1] He is best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights, and the progression of political rights of African Americans in America. He was active working with world leaders, such as John F. -
William b. Hartsfield
William B. Hartsfield was an American politician who served as the 49th and the 51st mayors of Atlanta Georgia. His tenure extened from 1937 to 1941 and agian from 1942 to 1962 making him the the longest mayor of his native Atlanta Goergia. -
Brown vs board of Education
Education of Topekawas 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 vs Ferguson decision of 1896. -
1946 Govenors race
In December 1946, Eugene Talmadge the governor-elect of Georgia, died. The state constitution did not specify who would assume the governorship in such a situation. The situation became known as the three governors controversy. Eventually a ruling by the Supreme Court of Georgia settled the matter. -
Herman Talmadge
Herman Eugene Talmadge was an attorney and a Democratic American Politian from the state of Georgia the son of former govenor. He ran his father s sucessfully campaign for reelection in 1946 but his father died before taking office. -
Ivan Allen Jr.
Ivan Earnest Allen Jr. was an American Business man who served two terms as the 52nd mayor of Atlanta Georgia during the turbulent civil right era of the 1960's. Allen provivded pivotal leadership for transforming the segregated and economically stagnant old south into the progressive new south. -
student nonviolet coordinating committee
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee was one of the most important organizations of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. It emerged from a student meeting organized by Ella Baker held at Shaw University in April 1960. -
Hamiltom Holmes And Charlyane Hunter
This WSB clip from January 17, 1961 features Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter on the campus of The University of Georgia. Holmes and Hunter became the first two African American students admitted to the University, one of many segregated southern institutions. -
march on washington
The March on Washington for jobs and freedom the march on washington or the great march on washington was held in Washington D.C on wednesday August, 28 1963. The purpose of the march was to stand up for civil and economoc rights for African americans during a time when racism was more prevalent throughout society. -
Civil Rights Act
The Civil Rights act of 1964 is landmark civil rights and US labor law in the United states that outlaws discrimination based on race color religion sex or national origin. it ended unequal application of voter registration requirement and racial segregation in school at the workplace and by the facilitites that served the general public as public accmmodations. -
1965 State Flag
Georgia did not have an official state flag. After the state's secession from the Union on January 19, 1861, there were several newspaper reports of secession flags consisting of a single star on a solid background. -
Atlanta Falcons
The Atlanta Falcon's are a proffesional Football team based in Atlanta Georgia. The falcons complete in the national football league as amember of the club of legues NFC south division. The falcons joined the nfl in 1965. -
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. -
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 know for his speech i had a dream. -
Andrew Young
Andrew Jackson Young, Jr. an American politician, diplomat, and activist. Beginning his career as a pastor, Young was an early leader in the Civil Rights Movement, serving as executive director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. -
Atlanta Braves
The Atlanta Braves are an MLB franchise based in Atlanta meteropolitan area. The franchise competes in MLB as a member of the National League East dvision. The Braves played home games at Turner Field in Atlanta from 1917 2016 and play spring training games at Lake Buena. -
Atlanta Hawks
The Atlanta Hawks is a professenal Basketball Team in Atlanta. The hawks complete in the National basketball Association as a member team of the leagues division. The team plays at philips arena. -
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. -
Sibley commision
Integration of Atlanta Schools
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. -
1996 Olympic games
The 1966 Summer Olympics know officially as the games of the xxvi olympaid and unoffcially as the Centenntial Olympic Games was amajor international multi sport event that took place in atlanta GA.
