Checkpiont #4

By 3jseroy

  • atlanta braves

    The Braves announced they have invited 20 non-roster players to participate in their big league camp this year.

  • sibley commission

    as the governor struggled with the decision of either effectively closing the public school system or implementing the widely unpopular option of desegregation, Bell developed the idea of putting the question to Georgia's citizens, thus having them, in effect, make the decision for Vandiver.

  • Atlanta Hawks

    The Atlanta Hawks are a professional basketball team based in Atlanta.

  • benjamin mays

    During his tenure at the latter, he met his future wife, Sadie Gray. They were married for
    Benjamin Mays was the president of Morehouse college from 1940 until his retirement in 1967.
    Benjamin Mays
    forty-three years, from 1926 until her death in 1969.

  • ivan allen jr

    After graduation he went to work for his father's company. He married Louise Richardson, the granddaughter of the influential Atlanta businessman Hugh T. Inman, on January 1,

  • atlanta falcons

    Over the last 51 years, plenty of quarterbacks have led their teams to the Super Bowl with dominant playoff showings.

  • brown v. board of education

    Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483, 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.

  • herman talmadge

    Talmadge, a Democrat, was governor at a time of political transition in the state, and he served in the Senate during a time of great political change in the nation as well.

  • the albany movement

    the albany movement
    as 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).

  • electrification

    electrification
    the action or process of charging something with electricity.

  • 1946 governor's race

    In the summer of 1946 Eugene Talmadge won the Democratic primary for governor for the fourth time. His election was assured because the Republican Party in Georgia was not viable and had no nominee

  • martin luther king jr.

    s.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 belief

  • 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.

  • william B. Hartsfield

    At the age of twenty-five, Hartsfield became the secretary and law clerk at the law firm of Rosser, Slaton, Phillips, and Hopkins. He worked in the law offices during the day and read legal journals and books at night. His studies paid off when he was admitted to the Georgia Bar on July 7, 1917. In 1921 he left the firm and opened his own law office.

  • student non- violent coordinating committee

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    The Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), formed to give younger blacks more of a voice in the civil rights movement, became one of the movement’s more radical branches.

  • hamilton holmes and charlayne hunter

    hamilton holmes and charlayne hunter
    Hamilton Earl "Hamp" Holmes
    In 1961 Hamilton Holmes (center) became one of the first African American students to gain admission to the University of Georgia after a two-year legal battle, led in part by Donald Hollowell (left). Holmes's father, Alfred &quotTup" Holmes (right), was an Atlanta businessman.
    Hamilton Holmes
    was born July 8, 1941, in Atlanta.

  • march on washington

    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.

  • civil rights act

    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, sex or national origin, is considered one of the crowning legislative achievements of the civil rights movement.