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Atlanta Braves
They are a professional baseball team.They play in the MLB. There name comes from the term Native American Warrior. -
William B. Hartsfield
Hartsfield was the 49th mayor of Atlanta,Georgia. He was a politician. -
Maynard Jackson Elected Mayor
She 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
He was a leader for the African-American civil rights movement.he was also an American Baptist minister. -
Atlanta Hawks
The hawks are based in Atlanta.They play in the NBA. -
1946 Governors Race
Georgia had 3 governors in 1947.After Herman died they put his son in his place. -
Herman Talmadge
Herman was the 67th governor of Georgia.He died before he could run his 4th term as governor. -
Brown v. Borad of Education
The supreme court passed the law saying that seperation of blacks and white schools.Lets just say the supreme court was racist. -
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. -
Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee
It 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. -
Sibley Commission
In 1959 U.S. District Court judge Frank Hooper ruled Atlanta's segregated public school system unconstitutional and ordered it integrated. -
Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter
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. -
Ivan Allen Jr.
Allen was the 52nd mayor of Atlanta.He was a business man.Ivan served through the civil rights era of the 1960's. -
March on Washington
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. -
Civil Rights Act
Which ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin, is considered one of the crowning legislative achievements of the civil rights movement. -
Atlanta Falcons
They are a professional football team from Atlanta,Georgia.They play in the NFL. -
Lester Maddox
Lester Garfield Maddox, Sr. was an American politician who served as the 75th Governor of the U.S. state of Georgia -
Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. was an American Baptist minister and activist who was a leader in the Civil Rights Movement. -
Andrew Young
Andrew Jackson Young, Jr. is an American politician, diplomat, and activist. Beginning his career as a pastor, Young was an early leader in the Civil Rights Movement. -
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Jimmy Carter in Georgia
Carter 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. -
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1996 Olympic Games
The 1996 Summer Olympics, known officially as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially as the Centennial Olympic Games, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, from July 19 to August 4, 1996.
