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Was an American politician who served as the 49th and 51st Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia
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was an American Baptist minister and civil rights leader who is credited with laying the intellectual foundations of the African-American civil rights movement.
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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.
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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.
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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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Was an attorney and a Democratic American politician from the state of Georgia, the son of former governor Eugene Talmadge.
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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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Was used from 1956 to 2001 featured a prominent Confederate battle flag and was designed by Southern Democrat John Sammons Bell
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Was one of the most important organizations of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s.
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Georgia Governor Ernest Vandiver, Jr. was faced with a decision to either close public schools or comply with a federal order to desegregate them. To avoid conflict with the federal government, He directed the Georgia General Assembly to create the General Assembly Committee on Schools
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Was a desegregation and voter's rights coalition formed in Albany, Georgia, in November of 1961
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Holmes and Hunter became the first two African American students admitted to the University, one of many segregated southern institutions.
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Was an American businessman who served two terms as the 52nd Mayor of Atlanta, during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s
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The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, the March on Washington, or The Great March on Washington.
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Is a landmark 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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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.
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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.
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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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Was an American politician who served as the 75th Governor of the U.S. state of Georgia from 1967 to 1971.
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Was an American Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the civil rights movement from 1954 through 1968.
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The only Georgian elected president of the United States, held the office for one term.
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Is an American politician, diplomat, and activist. Beginning his career as a pastor, Young was an early leader in the Civil Rights Movement
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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
