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Atlanta Braves
The Atlanta Braves are an American professional baseball franchise based in the Atlanta metropolitan area. The franchise competes in Major League Baseball as a member of the National League East division.The Atlanta Braves team colors are red and navy blue. -
William B. Hartsfield
William B. Hartsfield was a man of humble origins who became one of the greatest mayors of Atlanta. William served as a mayor for six terms, a lot longer than any other person in the city's history. -
Benjamin Mays
Benjamin Elijah Mays was an American Baptist minister and civil rights leader who was credited with laying the intellectual foundations of the African-Americans civil rights movement. -
Atlanta Hawks
The Atlanta Hawks are an American professional basketball team based in Atlanta, Georgia. The Hawks compete in the National Basketball Association as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Southeast Division. The Atlanta Hawks team colors are red and white. -
1946 Governor's Race
In December 1946, Eugene Talmadge, the governor-elect of Georgia, died. The state constitution did not specify who would assume the governorship in such a situation. The situation became known as the three governors controversy. Eventually a ruling by the Supreme Court of Georgia settled the matter. -
Herman Talmadge
Herman Eugene Talmadge was an attorney and a Democratic American politician from the state of Georgia, he was the son of former governor Eugene Talmadge. -
Brown v. Board of Education
Brown v. Board of Education was 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. -
1956 State Flag
The 1956 flag design was specified the same blue canton as defined in 1902, stamped with the Great Seal of the State of Georgia, similar to the flag that flew from some time in the 1920's. The Confederate Battle Flag was incorporated as the flag's field. Although the Flag changed it still has the same 3 colors. -
Sibley Commission
The report issued by the Sibley Commission laid the foundation for ending massive resistance to desegregation in the state and helped avoid a showdown between Vandiver and the federal government -
Student Non-Violent Coordinating Commission
The SNCC aslo known as the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Commission, sought to coordinate youth-led nonviolent, direct-action campaigns against segregation and other forms of racism. SNCC members played an integral role in sit-ins, Freedom Rides, the 1963 March on Washington, and such voter education projects as the Mississippi Freedom Summer. -
Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter
Hamilton Holmes was an American orthopedic physician. He and Charlayne Hunter-Gault were the first two African-American students admitted to the University of Georgia, known as UGA. -
The Albany Movement
The Albany Movement was a desegregation and voter's rights coalition formed in Albany, Georgia, in November of 1961. -
Ivan Allen Jr.
Ivan served as mayor of Atlanta from 1960 to 1970. Allen is credited with leading the city through an era of significant physical and economic growth and with maintaining calm during the civil rights movement. -
March on Washington
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, the March on Washington, or The Great March on Washington, was held in Washington, D.C. -
1964 Civil Rights Act
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was a landmark civil rights and US labor law in the United States that outlaws discrimination and was based on race, color, religion, sex or national origin. -
Atlanta Falcons
The Atlanta Falcons are a professional American football team based in Atlanta. The Falcons compete in the National Football League as a member club of the league's National Football Conference South division. The Atlanta Falcons colors are red and black. -
Lester Maddox
Lester Maddox Sr. was an American politician who served as the 75th Governor of the U.S. state of Georgia from 1967 to 1971. -
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 the year 1954 until his death in year 1968. -
Andrew Young
Andrew Young was an American politician, diplomat, and activist. Beginning his career as a pastor, Young was an early leader in the Civil Rights Movement, serving as executive director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and a close confidant to Martin Luther King Jr. -
Maynard Jackson Elected Mayor
Maynard Jackson Jr. 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. -
Maynard Jackson Elected Mayor
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Jimmy Carter in Georgia
James Earl Carter Jr. is an American politician who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981. He previously was the 76th Governor of Georgia from 1971 to 1975, after two terms in the Georgia State Senate from 1963 to 1967. -
John Lewis
John Lewis was an American politician and was a prominent civil rights leader. Lewis was the U.S. Representative for Georgia's 5th congressional district, serving since 1987, and was the dean of the Georgia congressional delegation. -
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1996 Olympic Games
The 1996 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games, was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
