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Atlanta Braves
The Atlanta Braves is a professional baseball franchise based in the Atlanta metropolitan area . The " braves " name , witch was first used in 1912 , originates from a term for Native American Warrior . -
Social Security
Social Sercurity act was signed into law by president Roosevelt on August 14 . 1935 . The new act created a social insurance program designed today retired workers age 65 or older . -
Electrification
Electrification is the process of powering by electricity and in many context. The introduction of such power by changing over from earlier power source . -
Benjamin Mays
Benjamin Elijah Mays was an American Baptist minister and civil rights leader who is created with laying the intellectual foundations of the African American civil rights movement . -
John Lewis
John Robert Lewis was one of the "Big Six" leaders of the Civil Rights Movement in 1960s, and he has continued to fight for people's rights since joining Congress in 1987 . -
Lend Lease Act
The lend-lease policy , formally titled "An Act to Promote the Defense of the United States . " It was a program by witch the U.S supplied Free France and other allied nations with food , oil and materials . -
Pearl Harbor
The attack of Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service against the United States navel base at Pearl Harbor , Hawaii Territory , on morning in December 7 , 1941 . -
Herman Talmadge
Herman Eugene Talmadge was an attorney and a Democratic American politician from the state of Georgia, the son of former governor Eugene Talmadge. -
1946 Governor's Race
In 1947, Georgia had three governors. Eugene Talmbadge won election to the fourth term as Georgia governor in 194, but died before his inauguration. To fill the the vacancy, Eugene son, Herman, was appointed by the state Legislature . -
Brown v. Board of Education
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S 483, was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in witch the Court declared states laws establishing separate public school for black and white students to be unconstitutional . -
Sibley Commission
1960 Georgia governor Ernest Vandiver Jr., forced to decide between closing public schools or complying with a federal order to desegregate them, tapped state represenatative George Busbee to introduce legislation creating the General Assembly Committee on Schools. -
Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee
Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee was one of the Civil Rights Movement organization of the 1960's. It emerged from the first wave of students sit-ins and formed at an April 1960 meeting organized by Ella Baker at Shaw University . -
The Albany Movement
The Albany Movement was desegregation and voters rights coalition formed in Albany, Ga in November of 1961 . -
Ivan Allen Jr .
Ivan Allen served as a mayor of Atlanta from 1962 to 1970 . He is credited with leading the city through era of significant physical and economic growth . -
The March on Washington
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedoms the march on Washington, of The Great March on Washington , was held in Washington D.C. on Wednesday August 281963 . -
Atlanta Falcons
The Atlanta Falcons are a professional American football team based in Atlanta . The Falcons compete in the NFL as a member club of the leagues NFC . -
Atlanta Hawks
Atlanta Hawks is an American professional basketball team based in Atlanta , Georgia . The Hawks compete in the National Basketball Association as a member of the laugh Eastern Conference Southeast Division . -
Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. was an American Baptist Minster and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the civil rights movement from 1945 until his death in 1968. -
Richard Russell
Richard Russell was an American Politician from Georgia . A member of the Democratic Party , he served the Governor of Georgia before servings in United States . -
William B . Hartsfield
William was a man of humble orgins who became , one of the greatest mayors of Atlanta . He served as a mayor for six terms . -
Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter
Hamilton is best known for desegregating the University of Georgia ( UGA ) in Athens . One if the first two African American students admitted to UGA in 1961, Holmes was also the first black student admitted to the Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta two years later . -
1956 State Flag
The Georgia State Flag that was used in 1956 to 2001 featured prominent Confederate battle and was designed by Southern democrat Johns Sammons Bell . He was a World War ll Veteran and an attorney .
