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Jan 1, 1000
Archaic
The Archaic were divided into 3 groups.(earliest, middle, late)This was 8000 BC through 1000 BC.The earliest group mainly traveled in groups of 20 to 50 people & used tools made from organic materials.The middle group lived in a harsh, drier climate which made their group bigger since they adapted.They also used local available resources.The late group traveled more for exotic goods & their territories shrank in size because of that.They used several artifacts such as darts & large stone knives. -
Jan 1, 1000
Paleo
The Paleo Indians lived in Georgia over 12,000 years ago. Their tools were mainly made out of stone. They were most known for a tool called 'atlatl.' All of them traveled nomadically to different places in search for food in groups of 25 to 50 people. The Paleo Indians ate large amounts of animals such as mammoth, bison, ground sloths, and mastodons. -
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Mississippian
Mississippians grew up on foods in the garden they grew which include corn, beans, and squash. They lived in villages (houses) that were built around the plaza. They were artistic and created crafts which include objects made of stone, marine shell, and pottery. -
Jan 11, 1000
Woodland
The woodland period lasted 1000 BC through 1000 AD. The early woodland didn't have many people living together & used ceramic vessels & pots which were decorated. The middle woodland were together more and lived in bigger villages which were more circular. They also grew seed crops & traded items with other mid woodland communities. The late woodland the poorest of the 3 periods because many things diminished. The bow and arrow became more important and more deadly. -
May 25, 1539
Hernando de Soto
Hernando de Soto was the first explorer to explore the interior of Georgia around 1537. He became wealthy when he played a role in the conquest of the Incas in Peru, but wasn't satisfied so he went to explore in Florida. On March 3, 1540, De Soto and his army left Apalachee. They later discovered what is known as border line of Georgia.Towards the end they went into Alabama. Later on a catastrophe happened & people died from the smallpox and measles. -
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John Reynolds
John Reynolds, a captain in the British royal navy, served as Georgia's first royal governor. At the age of 15, he volunteered for the British Royal Navy.Same time governor, Reynolds made courts and An basic house of gathering clinched alongside Georgia. He was, however, hated Also distrusted Toward the individuals of Georgia. As much organization finished over 1757, with Henry Ellis sent to Georgia Likewise as much supplanting. Reynolds came back to England. -
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Jame Wright
Sir James Wright an attorney and plantation owner, was appointed Royal Governor of Georgia in April 1761 after the resignation of Governor Henry Ellis. Wright was the third and last British Royal Governor of the Colony of Georgia. Wright was a very successful governor, encouraging the colony’s growth by attracting new settlers, successfully negotiating with the Native Americans and overseeing the expansion of Georgia’s territory. -
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Henry Ellis
Henry Ellis departed Ireland as a teenager for a life on the sea, where he attracted the attention of the Prince of Wales and the patronage of the Board of Trade, Lord Halifax. Ellis conducted experiments for members of England’s Royal Society. He was also involved in the slave trade from 1750 until 1755.
Henry Ellis replaced the unpopular John Reynolds as Georgia’s second royal governor, and colonists found him fair and competent. Ellis settled the land disputes of Mary Musgrove Bosomwor -
Charter of 1732
On April 12 1732, England's King George signed a charter establishing the colony and creating its governing board. It was the last of the 13 original colonies to be made. This was set up for a new fresh start but Catholics,African Americans,drug dealers,and lawyers were not allowed to live in the colony. People who could move there, they were promised 50 acres of land, tools, and enough food for an entire year. -
Georgia Founded
In 1733, a group of settlers & James Oglethorpe founded Savannah, Georgia. Georgia was the only colony founded and ruled by a Board of Trustees.Georgia was the only one of the North American colonies in which slavery was explicitly banned.Georgia was governed by royally appointed governors instead of a council of Trustees from 1752 to 1776, ending with the Revolutionary War. -
Highland Scots Arrive
Not long after Oglethorpe founded GA he decided he needed military protection. Around 1735 a group of Scottish Highlanders, recruited by Oglethorpe, boarded a boat to sail to GA. The Scots landed on the site of Fort King George where the established settlement was named Darrien. -
Salzburgers Arrive
In 1734,The GA Salzburgers, a group of German-speaking Protestant colonists, founded the town of Ebenezer. They were sent from King George II. They went there because Pastor Samuel Urlsperger asked King George II for help. Also some of the other Salzburgers met with James Oglethorpe. In 1740 the Salzburgers, with funding from the Trustees, built the first water-driven gristmill in the Georgia colony. Later on, they made the first Sunday school & the first orphanage. -
Eli Whitney and the Cotton Grin
Eli Whitney had to be a private tutor but he decided to stay on Catherine Green's plantation. Mrs.Whitney secured a contract with the U.S government & then he made 100,000 muskets in 2 years. That was an amount of guns that has never been made in that short amount of time. Whitney had an invention also that was called the cotton gin. -
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American Revolution
The colony of GA had prospered under royal rule, and many Georgians thought that they needed the protection of British troops against a possible Indian attack. A group called the Sons of Liberty broke into the powder magazine in Savannah on May 11, 1775.Those who resisted royal government were usually called "Whigs," and those who remained loyal to the king were known as "Tories." -
Elijah Clarke/Kettle Cr.
On Feburary 14th 1779, Elijah Clarke was a Georgia hero. At first before the Revolutionary War he supported the government but then he joined the American Rebels. That day (Feb. 14th 1779) he led a charge in the rebel at kettle creek Georgia. -
University of Georgia Founded
The University was in corporated by the General Assembly. 1801 was the year that the University was actually established. Josiah Meigs was president of the university and then work began on the first building. In the year of 1804 the first class graduated from the university. -
Austin Dabney
Austin Dabney was the only African American slave who was allowed to become a private in the Georgia militia. He was believed to have fought in the Battle of Kettle Creek. He was also the only African American to own 50 acres. He had a friendship with Harris and helped him along the way. -
Constitutional Convention
The Constitutional Convention met in 1787.Delegates met to give Congress more power,while James Madison suggested that the government should have three branches. Roger Sherman suggested dividing Congress into two parts. Federalists supported the Constitution. Antifederalists
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Georgia Ratifies Constitution
On January 2, 1788 our sacred charter was born.Georgia elected six delegate to take part of the convention in Pennslyvania but only four went and two signed the final document. The two Georgians who went were Abraham Baldwin and William Few. Georgia called a special convention in Augusta considering the purposed charter and delegates voted anonymous for Georgia to be the fourth state in the constitution. -
Yazzo Land Fraud
Georgia's governor George Matthews signed the Yazzo Act. This act was made to transfer 35 million dues to Alabama and Mississippi to four companies for $500,000. U.S Senator James Gunn wanted yhe act to suceed,so he arranged a corrupted distribution to legislators,state officials newspaper editors,and other influenced Georgians. People who lived in Georgia became furious so they protested and did street demonstrations. -
Capital Moved to Louisville
The countryseat of Jefferson County,Louiseville, served as the third capital of GA from the year of 1796 to the year of 1807. A large scale immigration after the american revolution caused the town to grow. The assembly passed a law that appointed Nathan Brownson, William Few Jr., and Hugh Lawson as commisioners charged for finding a seat of gov. on the date of Jan. 26th of the year of 1786. Some legislators appointed that the new capital was to be named after the king of France,King Louis XVl . -
Missouri Compromise
In 1820, President Monroe signed the Missouri Compromise. This bill was intended to make the number of the slave holding states,free states in the country equalize. Monroe actually knew slavery conflict was in the constitution, but was scared to do anything since he feared abolition would split apart the nation. In the end, the Missouri Compromise failed to stay and work, so that lead up to the Civil War. -
Dahlonega Gold Rush
The Dahlonega Gold Rush was when two gold mines were discovered. This was significant because soon North Georgia became flounded with prospectors seeking gold. This gold rush was the second most important after the one in North Carolina. During this Dahlonega didn't have much money so merchants got a local mint. This is where miners could get their gold analyzed and exchanged for gold coins. -
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Trail of Tears
The trail of tears started as white settlers wanting to grow crops on Indian territory. Since this was a problem the federal government forced the Indians to leave and travel through the Mississippi River. Some Indians stayed and fought and about 5,000 Cherokee Indians died. Some of the ones who went through the Mississippi died and this was caused to be known as the trail of tears. -
Worcester V. Georgia
This case was about a case filed by Worcester who felt his rights were violated. He refused to move to land labeled "Indian Territory" and him and his group refused to apply for the government license that would allow them to reside on the lands. Since he refused, him and his group got arrested. Worcester felt his rights were violated so he went U.S Supreme Court, and he won. -
Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 was made of five separate bills passed by the U.S Congress in September 1850. It was to ease a political conflict between slaves and free states concerning the status of territories acquired during the Mexican-American War. It was also about the states that were making it easier for southerners to recover fugitive slaves. It ended slave trade in Washington D.C. -
Georgia Platform
On December 10,1850 the Georgia Convention responded with the Compromise of 1850, so they executed a statement known as the Georgia Platform. This platform established Georgia accepting the Compromise of 1850. Georgia felt if there was a threat with the Compromise of 1850, they would make a proclamation known as the Georgia Platform. This compromise and conciliation remained usable options to secession and war. -
Kansas - Nebraska Act
On 1854 territories for Kansas and Nebraska were made from the Kansas - Nebraska Act. This created new lands and thousands of farms. This act was to repeal the Missouri Compromise of 1850. It was made by Stephen A. Douglas, a democrat from Illinois. -
Alonzo Herndon
Alonzo was born into slavery, also the son of his white master, and an enslaved woman. Together with his mother, her parents, and his younger brother, Herndon was emancipated in 1865, aged seven years old. He was a businessman and the founder and president of the Atlanta Family Life Insurance Company. -
Dred Scott Case
This case was a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court for African Americans to either slave them or not. They also couldn't be American citizens and therefore had no standing to sue in federal court. The federal government had no power to regulate slavery in the federal territories acquired after the creation of the United States. Dred Scott, an enslaved African American man who had been taken by his owners decided to sue for his freedom. His request to sue was denied. -
Election of 1860
The U.S presidential election of 1860 was the 19th quadrennial presidential election. It served as the immediate motivation for the outbreak of the American Civil War. The United States had been divided during the 1850s. On the expansion of slavery and the rights of slave owners. these issues broke the Democratic Party into Northern and Southern factions and a new Constitutional Union Party appeared. -
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Andersonville Prison Camp
Andersonville, GA served as the place of a notorious Confederate military prison. It was the South’s largest prison for captured Union soldiers and known for its unhealthy conditions, along with high death rate.Nearly 13,000 Union prisoners died at Andersonville. In February, the first inmates began arriving while it was still under construction. The facility was required after the prisoner exchange system between the North and South fell in over differences about the handling of black soldiers. -
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Union Blockade of Georgia
This was about the battle between ship and shore on the coast of Confederate Georgia. It was a key part of the Union strategy to calm the state during the Civil War. The strategy was centered on Savannah, since it was the state's most important port city. Further than Savannah, Union forces mostly concentrated on securing bases of operation on distant coastal islands to oppose Confederate privateers.The Confederate’s defensive plan, grew with the Union blockade. -
Battle of Antietam
This battle was one of the first major battles fought on Union ground. It is the bloodiest single-day battle in American history. Confederate General Robert E. Lee was attacked at Antietam Creek by Gen. George B. McClellan. Towards dawn, Gen. Joseph Hooker's corps mounted a powerful assault on Lee's left flank & it swirled around Dunker Church. -
Emancipation Proclamation
As the third year of the bloody civil war,President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free. It said any slave that could escape from the Confederate gov. could become free.It was a war measure to all the places in rebellion. -
Battle of Gettysburg
This battle was also known as the war's turning point. This is where Maj. Gen. George Meade's Army defeated attacks by Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army which ended Lee's attempt to invade the North. On the third day of battle, fighting resumed on Culp's Hill, and cavalry battles raged to the east and south. -
Battle of Chickamauga
Braxton Bragg’s Army of Tennessee defeated a Union force commanded by General William Rosecrans in the Battle of Chickamauga. After Rosecrans’ troops pushed the Confederates out of Chattanooga early that month. Bragg called for reinforcements and launched a counterattack on the banks of nearby Chickamauga Creek. Over two days of battle, the rebels forced Rosecrans to give way, with heavy losses on both sides. -
Thirteenth Amendment
The Thirteenth Amendment was passed by the Senate on April 8, 1864, and by the House on January 31, 1865. The amendment said, “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude…shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.” President Lincoln’s supposed goal was the reconstruction of the Union when the civil war began. In September 1862, Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing all slaves in areas that were still in rising against the Union. -
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Sherman's Atlanta Campaign
Union General William T. Sherman challenged against Confederate generals Joseph E. Johnston and John B. Hood in a series of battles in northern Georgia in the summer of 1864. His goal was to destroy the Army of the Tennessee, capture Atlanta and cut off the Confederate’s resource lines. Sherman failed, but he was able to force the surrender of Atlanta in September 1864. This increased Northern determination and greatly improved President Lincoln’s re-election. -
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Sherman's March to the Sea
Sherman led some of his 60,000 soldiers toward Savannah, Georgia after leaving Atlanta. He did this since he planned to scare Georgia’s citizen’s into leaving the Confederate cause. His troops didn’t destroy any of the towns while going there, but they stole food, livestock, burned the house, and more. They arrived in Savannah on December 21, 1864. The city was undefended when they got there. Confederates that were supposed to guard the place had left already. -
Freedman's Bureau
After the U.S. Civil War Congress established the Freedmen’s Bureau to help former black slaves & poor whites in the South. The result of the Union victory, some of the 4 million slaves gained their freedom. Freedmen’s Bureau provided food, housing, medical aid, which made schools, offered legal help. It also attempted to settle former slaves on Confederate lands removed or left alone during the war.In the end the bureau was banned from operating its programs due to a shortage of funds and more. -
Fourteenth Amendment
On July 9, 1868, The Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was adopted as one of the Reconstruction Amendments. It issues citizenship rights and equal protection of the laws, and was suggested in response to issues related to former slaves. The amendment was terribly disputed, mainly in Southern states, which were forced to ratify it so they could regain representation in Congress. -
International Cotton Exposition
it was held at Oglethorpe Park in 1881 and was the first international display of cotton plants around the world. Atlantans were eager to host the 1881 exposition because that could mean they could have a chance of becoming an industrial center. The exposition showed new crop planters and cotton seed cleaners. It also had speakers talking about agricultural technology and political reforms such as Booker T. Washington. -
Leo Frank Case
This was known as the most notorious and highly publized cases in the legal historical records of Georgia. A young 13 year old girl had been murdered and raped and Leo Frank was convicted of this. She had been working for his company and Leo was the last one too see her. In the end the Governor decided Leo was not guilty. -
Eugene Talmadge
Eugene played an important leading role in the state's politics from 1926 to 1946 as a state commissioner of agriculture and three terms as governor. His personality pleased cities and so his personality/actions polarized voters into Talmadge and anti-Talmadge factions. He was elected to a fourth term as the state's chief executive in 1946 but died before taking office. -
William B. Hartsfield
He was one of Atlanta's greatest mayors. He served for six terms. (1937-41, 1942-61) This was longer than any other person in the city's history. He is credited with developing Atlanta into an aviation powerhouse and with building its image as "the City Too Busy to Hate." -
Tom Watson and the Populists
American politician, attorney, newspaper editor and writer was what the Georgian Tom Watson was. As a leader of the Populist, he championed poor farmers. He expressed an agricultural political viewpoint while attacking business, bankers, railroads, Democratic President Grover Cleveland and the Democratic Party. In 1890 he was elected to the United States House of Representatives. -
Benjamin Mays
Benjamin Mays was well known for being the longtime president of Morehouse College in Atlanta. He was a sucessful African American minister, educator, and more. He was also a important teacher to Martin Luther King Jr. and was one of the outspoken judgers of segregation before the rise of the modern civil rights movement in the United States. Benjamin played leadership roles in many national and international organizations such as NAACP, YMCA, and others. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
A system of discrimination, such as Jim Crow, was a reason why black Georgians suffered. They denied black Georgias the right to vote,employmemt, and more. -
1906 Atlanta Riot
What was known as a mass civil disturbance in Atlanta GA, began September 22 and ended Sept. 24th, 1906. Media sources called it a "racial massacre of negroes". Newspaper-publicized rapes of four white women in separate incidents, supposedly by African American men mainly caused the race riot. In the end, 25 African Americans and two white deaths were killed in the conflict. -
Ivan Allen Jr.
Ivan Allen Jr. was mayor of Atlanta from 1962 to 1970. He is known for leading the city through a significant, physical and economic growth. While at the same time maintaining calm during the civil rights movement. In 1965 convinced the Braves to move to Atlanta from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. -
Carl Vinson
Carl Vinson, was known as "the father of the two-ocean navy," since he served twenty-five consecutive terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. He also served in the U.S. Congress longer than anyone in history and set the record for service as chair of a standing committee. He concentrated on military affairs throughout his long career, becoming the leading promoter of a strong national defense in Congress in making defense policies. -
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Lester Maddox
Lester was the 75th Governor of the U.S. state of Georgia from 1967 to 1971. Maddox was a democrat who was for being famous segregationist. He refused to serve black customers in his Atlanta restaurant, in defiance of the Civil Rights Act. Later he served as Lieutenant Governor under Jimmy Carter. -
County Unit System
This was a voting system, also used by Georgia, a winner in statewide primary elections from 1917 until 1962. It was made when the Georgia Legislaure, also dominated by the democratic party, passed the Neill Primary Act. This act established in GA of 1898 , of giving votes by county in party primary elections.159 counties were divided by population into 3 categories. -
The Albany Movement
The Albany Movement was a desegregation coalition. It was formed in Albany, GA by local activists, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. William G. Anderson, origninally started the organization. Later in December 1961, Martin Luther King, Jr and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference became involved in assisting the Albany Movement with protests. -
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Great Depression
The Great Depression was known for being the deepest and longest-lasting economic downturn in the history. It soon began after the stock market crash of October 1929, which sent Wall Street into a panic since it wiped out millions of investors. Consumer spending and investment dropped, causing unemployment then companies had to lay off workers. President Franklin D. Roosevelt helped relieve and make some of the effects less, nothing turned around til WWll. -
Richard Russell
Richard was known for becoming one of the youngest members of the Georgia House of Representatives in 1920. He was a state legislator, governor of Georgia, and U.S. senator which caused him to be in public office for fifty years. Being best known for his efforts to strengthen the national defense, also to oppose civil rights legislation. Russell also worked to bring economic chances to Georgia. -
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Holocaust
The holocaust was a mass murder of some 6 million European Jews by the German Nazis rule which was during World War Two. Nazi leader Adolf Hitler, was an alien threat to German racial purity and community. Hitler made mass killing centers for Jews known as concentration camps. He blamed the Jews for the country’s defeat in 1918.Hitler was obsessed with the idea of the superiority of the “pure” German race or living space, and he wanted for that race to expand. -
WEB DuBois
He became a professor of history, sociology and economics at Atlanta University after completing graduate work at the University of Berlin and Harvard.In 1909, Du Bois was one of the co-founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.He was strongly against the Jim Crow laws, and discrimination in education and employment which was the main target of his polemics. -
Social Security
The Social Security Act was signed into law by U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt. The law was one of his biggest New Deal creations during the Great Depression. It is best known today for providing retirement benefits to most workers, it also provided awards for unemployment insurance, dependent children, and more. The law has been expanded, modified, and amended tons of times since made. -
Rural Electrification
This is the process of bringing electrical power to rural and remote areas. It also allows for the designing of many farming operations. In places facing labor scarcities, this allows for greater output at low cost. One famous program was the New Deal's Rural Electrification Administration in the United States, which established many of the systems still practiced in other countries. -
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World War ll
From late 1939 to 1941, Germany conquered/controlled much of Europe. Germany also formed the Axis alliance with Italy and Japan. In June 1941, the European Axis powers launched an invasion of the Soviet Union. In December 1941, Japan attacked the United States and European territories in the Pacific Ocean, and quickly conquered much of the Western Pacific. The results were Allied victory, collapse of Nazi Germany, & the beginning of the United States and the Soviet Union as superpowers. -
Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter
Hamilton and Charlayne were the first two African-American students admitted to the University of Georgia. Holmes was also the first black student admitted to the Emory University School of Medicine. Charlayne was also known for her career as an award-winning journalist. Hunter and Holmes arrived on the UGA campus on January 9, 1961, to register for classes. -
Pearl Harbor
On December 7th, 1941 of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii. Lasting two hours, it was devastating, The Japanese managed to destroy nearly 20 American naval vessels, more than 300 airplanes, and more. Over 2,000 Americans soldiers and sailors died in the attack and 1000 wounded. The day after, President Franklin asked Congress to declare war on Japan, which Congress approved. This caused two years later for the U.S to join World War II. -
1946 Governor's Race
This all began with the death of governor-elect Eugene Talmadge. Because of his death, his supporters put forward a plan that allowed the Georgia legislature to elect a governor in January 1947. The General Assembly elected Talmadge's son Herman Talmadge as governor, the newly elected lieutenant governor. So, Melvin Thompson, said the outgoing governor, Ellis Arnall, refused to leave office and so the Georgia Supreme Court settled the controversy. -
John and Lugenia Hope
Lugenia Burns was known for being an early-twentieth-century social activist, reformer, and more. She spent most of her career in Atlanta, working for the improvement of black communities, traditional social work, community health campaigns, and more. John Hope served as president of both Morehouse College and Atlanta University, and he was the first black president of Morehouse College.Twenty three years, Hope became the first African American president of Atlanta University. -
Herman Talmadge
Herman Talmadge, took the governor's office briefly in 1947. This was after a special election. Talmadge was a Democrat at the time and served in the Senate during the time too. He was also a member of the southern bloc of the senate. -
Brown v. Board of Education
Brown v. Board of Education was a U.S. Supreme Court case where the Court declared state laws making separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional. This decision reversed Plessy v. Ferguson decision of 1896, which allowed state-sponsored segregation, insofar as it applied to public education. The unanimous (9–0) decision stated that "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal." -
Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr., was a Baptist minister and president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. He also was the most famous African American leader in the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s. Martin Luther was part of a boycott that lasted for 381 days, but later on King and other MIA members were arrested.The bus boycott made King a national symbol of black protest. -
Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee
This was one of the most important organizations of the American Civil Rights Movement. It came together 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. They helped raise funds to support SNCC's work in the South, which allowed workers to get paid $10 per week salary. -
Sibley Commission
Governor Ernest Vandiver Jr., was forced to decide if to close public schools or comply with a federal order to desegregate them. The report issued by the Sibley Commission laid the basis for the end of huge opposition to desegregation in the state. U.S. District Court judge Frank Hooper ruled unconstitutional Atlanta's segregated public school system and ordered it integrated. This was a problem to state leaders who, after the Brown v. Board of Education decision to resist to desegregation. -
March on Washington
This is where Martin Luther King, Jr., standing in front of the Lincoln Memorial, said his historic "I Have a Dream" speech. From 200,000 to 300,00 people came to watch it. The march was organized by a group of civil rights, labor, and religious organizations and the theme was "jobs and freedom". This helped to pass the Civil Rights Act. -
Civil Rights Act
This is an that act outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. It ended unequal application of voter registration requirements,racial segregation in schools, and facilities that served the general public. This act was to guarantee all citizens equal protection of the laws under the Fourteenth Amendment and to protect voting rights under the Fifteenth Amendment. President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the act on at the White House. -
Atlanta Falcons
Atlanta Falcons is known for becoming the first professional football team in the city of Atlanta. The fifteenth National Football League franchise in existence. The Falcons are part of the National Football Conference South, along with the Carolina Panthers, New Orleans Saints, and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Their logo is a black falcon with red accents, and the team colors are black, red, silver, and white. -
Atlanta Braves
After spending 77 years in Boston, Massachusetts, and also some years in Milwaukee, Wisconsin,the Braves moved to Atlanta. They did this 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. Citizens of the city welcomed their new team with a downtown parade. -
Atlanta Hawks
The Hawks franchise moved to Atlanta from St. Louis, Missouri in 1968. They also have played home games at Philips Arena since 1999. Joining the Braves and the Falcons, the Hawks also became a professional team in Georgia. The team colors are red, black, and gold. -
Maynard Jackson Elected Mayor
Maynard Jackson was the first African American to serve as mayor of a major southern city. He served eight years and then returned for a third term later on. During this time, Jackson increased the amount of city business given to minority-owned firms and added a new terminal to the Atlanta airport. Before and during his third term, he worked in the Atlanta Olympics organizing committee chair Billy Payne, and others to bring the 1996 Olympic Games to Atlanta. -
Jimmy Carter in Georgia
Jimmy Carter, was the first and still is president from Georgia. Before he was in the navy, served two terms in the Georgia General Assembly, and was the governor of Georgia. He emphasized full change in economy, advance planning, and equal rights for all Americans, especially women and basic human rights for all people. -
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Andrew Young
Andrew is an American politician, diplomat, activist, and pastor from Georgia. He served as President of the National Council of Churches USA, was a member of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and was a supporter and friend of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. . He has served as a Congressman from Georgia's 5th congressional district, the United States Ambassador to the United Nations and Mayor of ATL.Since living the policital field, he founded many big public organizations and more. -
Civilian Conservation Corps
The Civilian Conservation Corps, CCC, was known for being one of the first New Deal programs. It was a public works project intended to promote environmental conservation. It also was made to build good citizens through strong, disciplined outdoor work. The CCC combined President Franklin’s interests in conservation and universal service for youth since they were close to heart with him. -
Agriculture Adjustment Act
This was a U.S. federal law of the New Deal era which reduced ag production by paying farmers not to plant on part of their land since it will kill off extra livestock. Its purpose was to reduce extra crops and successfully raise the value of crops. The money for these grants was made from an exclusive tax on companies which processed farm products. -
1996 Olympic Games
From July 19 until August 4, 1996, Atlanta hosted the Centennial Summer Olympic Games. It was an event that was the largest responsibility in the city's history. The civic’s leaders hope was to promote Atlanta's image as an international city ready to play an important role in global trade. The opening ceremony attracted a crowd of 83,000 to the Olympic Stadium for a display honoring southern culture and the one-hundredth anniversary of the modern Olympic movement. -
1956 State Flag
Governor Sonny Perdue created a new state flag for Georgia by aigning legislation. It became effective very fast, giving Georgia its third state flag in only twenty-seven months. Georgia leads the nation in the number and variety of different state flags. In the end a state-wide vote was held on March 2, 2004. Voters had the chance to express their preference for either the new design or the 2001 design. The new design won by over 73 percent. -
Booker T. Washington
Washington was an African-American educator, author, orator, and advisor. Coming from the last generation of black American leaders born into slavery, he later became the leading voice of the former slaves and their descendants. He was also the main leader in the African-American community between 1890 and 1915.
