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World War Two Ends -
Governor Talmadge has won the election but he died before he was able to rightfully take his place in the office. -
By the 1950's factory popularity grew heavily and farms were beginning to die out. Factories were the main source of income for most business men. -
Atlanta has almost tripled it's size after WWII. -
Big Civil Rights Movement Group called the SCLC was founded in Central Atlanta. -
Georgia has caught onto the Highways. They began constructing one of the biggest highways in 1959. It was needed to make transportation easier. -
Ivan Allen was elected as Mayor of Atlanta in 1961. -
He ordered the Desegregation of the city law and slowly passing anti segregation laws on other things. -
In 1964 Mayor Allen Convinced many Sports Teams to move their locations to Atlanta. -
He was murdered at a hotel in Memphis. He was rushed to a hospital but still died.