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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. -
William b. Hartsfield
William Berry Hartsfield, Sr., was an American politician who served as the 49th and 51st Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia. -
Benjamin Mays
Benjamin Elijah Mays (August 1, 1894 – March 28, 1984) was an American Baptist minister, activist, humanitarian, and leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement.[1] He is best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights, and the progression of political rights of African Americans in America -
John Lewis
John Robert Lewis is an American politician and is a prominent civil rights leader. He is the U.S. Representative for Georgia's 5th congressional district, serving since 1987, and is the dean of the Georgia congressional delegation. -
1946 Governor's Race
For a brief period of time in 1947, Georgia had three governors. Eugene Talmadge won election to a fourth term as Georgia's governor in 1946, but died before his inauguration -
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. -
Brown v. Board of education
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483 (1954), was a 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 Georgia state flag that was used from 1956 to 2001 featured a prominent Confederate battle flag and was designed by Southern Democrat John Sammons Bell, a World War II veteran and an attorney who was an outspoken supporter of segregation. -
Atlanta Hawks
The Atlanta Hawks are a professional basketball team based in Atlanta. The Hawks compete in the National Basketball Association as a member team of the league's Eastern Conference Southeast Division. -
Student Non Violent coordinating committee
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee was one of the most important organizations of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. -
Sibley Commission
Sibley Commission. 1960 Georgia governor Ernest Vandiver Jr., forced to decide between closing public schools or complying with a federal order to desegregate them, -
The Albany Movement
The Albany Movement was a desegregation and voter's rights coalition formed in Albany, Georgia, in November of 196 -
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. -
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 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 is a landmark civil rights and US labor law in the United States that outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, male or female, or national origin -
Atlanta falcons
he Atlanta Falcons are a professional American football team based in Atlanta, Georgia. -
Lester Maddox
Lester Garfield Maddox Sr. was an American politician who served as the 75th Governor of the U.S. state of Georgia. -
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 through 1968. -
Andrew Young
Andrew Jackson Young Jr. is an American politician, diplomat, and activist. -
Maynard Jackson Elected Mayor
Maynard Holbrook 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 -
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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. -
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1996 Olympic Games
The 1996 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympics
