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Atlanta braves
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Richard Russell
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Social Security
The United States Social Security Administration is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government that administers Social Security -
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World War II
World War II (WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although related conflicts began earlier. -
Benjamin Mays
Benjamin Elijah Mays was an American Baptist minister and civil rights leader who is credited with laying the intellectual foundations of the African-American civil rights movement. -
John Lewis
John Robert Lewis is an American politician and is a prominent civil rights leader. -
Lend lease act
The Lend-Lease policy, formally titled "An Act to Promote the Defense of the United States", was a program under which the United States supplied Free France, Great Britain, the Republic of China, and later the USSR and other Allied nations with food, oil, and materiel between 1941 and August 1945 -
pearl harbor
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hamilton holmes and charlayne hunter
This WSB clip from January 17, 1961 features Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter on the campus of The University of Georgia. -
1946 governor's race
In December 1946, Eugene Talmadge, the governor-elect of Georgia, died. -
herman talmadge
herman talmadge was an attorney and a Democratic American politician from the state of Georgia -
brown v. board of education
in the early 1950s, Linda brown was a young African American student in the Topeka, Kansas school district -
1956 state flag
Supporters of the 1956 Georgia state flag marched on the state capitol on January 14, 2003, to celebrate the ouster of Governor Roy Barnes and to remind his replacement, Sonny Perdue, of the promise he made for a statewide vote on the flag issue. -
sibley commission
The Sibley Commission was set up by Gov Vandiver in 1960 to gauge Georgia's attitudes towards desegregating the public school system -
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
In this violently changing political climate, SNCC struggled to define its purpose as it fought white oppression. Out of SNCC came some of today's black leaders, such as former Washington, D.C. mayor Marion Barry, Congressman John Lewis and NAACP chairman Julian Bond. Together with hundreds of other students, they left a lasting impact on American history -
Ivan Allen Jr.
Ivan Allen Jr. was an American businessman who served two terms as the 52nd Mayor of Atlanta, during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s -
martin luther king jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. was an American Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the civil rights movement from 1954 until his death in 1968 -
William B.Hartsfield
His tenure extended from 1937 to 1941 and again from 1942 to 1962, making him the longest-serving mayor of his native Atlanta, Georgia -
Electrification
Electrification is the process of powering by electricity and, in many contexts, the introduction of such power by changing over from an earlier power source
