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The Atlanta Braves are an American professional baseball franchise based in the Atlanta metropolitan area.
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William Berry Hartsfield, Sr., was an American politician who served as the 49th and 51st Mayor of Atlanta Georgia,
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Benjamin Elijah Mays was an American Baptist minister, activist, humanitarian, and leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement.
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Charlayne Hunter Gault holds a place in Georgia civil rights history as one of the first two African American students admitted to the University of Georgia.
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The Atlanta Hawks are a professional basketball team based in Atlanta.
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Herman Eugene Talmadge, was an attorney and a Democratic American politician from the state of Georgia.
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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. To fill the vacancy, Eugene's son, Herman, was appointed by the state Legislature.
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Brown v. Board of Education 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.
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The Georgia state flag that was used from 1956 to 2001 featured a prominent Confederate battle flag.
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the General Assembly decided to cut off state funds to any system that integrated its schools. Governor Ernest Vandiver was forced to choose between closing the public schools or to give the situation to the Federal Government.
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The Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee formed to give younger blacks more of a voice in the civil rights movement.
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The Albany Movement was a desegregation coalition formed in Albany, Georgia, by local activists and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.
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Ivan Earnest Allen Jr., was an American businessman who served two terms as the 52nd Mayor of Atlanta.
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The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
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The Civil Rights Act is a landmark for civil rights and US labor law in the United States that outlaws discrimination based on race color religion sex or national origin.
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The Atlanta Falcons are a professional American football team based in Atlanta, Georgia.
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The tumultuous political and social change in Georgia during the 1960s yielded perhaps the state's most unlikely governor, Lester Maddox.
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Martin Luther King Jr. was an American Baptist minister and activist who was a leader in the Civil Rights Movement.
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Andrew Jackson Young, Jr. is an American politician, diplomat, and activist.
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aynard Holbrook Jackson was an American politician and attorney from Georgia, a member of the Democratic Party.
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Presidential term: January 20, 1977 – January 20, 1981 governor of Georgia (1971-75)
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The 1996 Summer Olympics, known officially as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially as the Centennial Olympic Games, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Atlanta, Georgia,
