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Period: 1947 BCE to
1946 Governor's Race
Eugene Talmadge won election to a fourth term. Was appointed by the state Legislature. -
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WILLIAM B. HARTSFIELD
William B. Hartsfield was a man of humble origins who became one of the greatest mayors of Atlanta. -
Benjamin Mays
Was an American Baptist minister and civil rights leader. Credited with laying the intellectual foundations of the African-American civil rights movement. -
john lewis
Lewis is an American politician and is a prominent civil rights leader. One of the most courageous persons the Civil Rights Movement ever produced. -
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Herman Talmadge
Was an attorney and a Democratic American politician. Who served two terms as the 67th Governor of Georgia. -
Brown v. Board of Education
Was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws. Separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional. -
Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee
Was one of the major Civil Rights Movement organizations of the 1960s. Was a civil-rights group formed to give younger blacks more of a voice in the civil rights movement. -
IVAN ALLEN JR.
Ivan Allen Jr. served as mayor of Atlanta from 1962 to 1970. He is credited with leading the city through an era of significant physical and economic growth and with maintaining calm during the civil. -
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Martin Luther King Jr.
Was an American Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the civil rights movement. Accept the leadership of the first great Negro nonviolent demonstration of contemporary.
