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Jan 1, 1000
Paleo Period
Paleo Information
The Paleo indians lived in small houses or huts that made it easier for them to move around and travel.They treveled and followd food sources. They hunted Large game animals such as the mammoth and sabor tooth tiger. They ised c;ovis points on the ends of thier spears. -
Jan 1, 1000
Archaic period
Archaic information
The archaic indians used seasonal migration. They were reliant on groups and traveled together. They used simple pottery. Also they used smaller spears and hunted small game animals. -
Jan 1, 1000
woodland Indian Period
Woodland Information
The Woodland indians Were some of the first to begin forming tribes. They live in more permanant houses and didnt migrate that often. They had a very simple form of the bow and arrow. They experimented with farming. -
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Missisippian Period
Mississippian information
The Mississippian Indians started forming cities. They established their own form of government and social ranking also.They had very advanced weapons such as the bow and arrow. Although they had adavnced weapons they only used simple forms of pottery. -
Nov 1, 1540
Hernando De Soto
Hernando De Soto Information
Hernando de soto was a spanish explorer in the 1500's. He came to America in 1540 in search for gold. IN his search for gold and other valuable materials he talked with many indians. He and his men are resposonsible for the deaths of many Native Americans. -
Charter of 1732
The Charter containesd contradictions. The colonists were entitled to all the the rights of Englishmen, yet there was no provision for the essential right of local government. Religious liberty was guaranteed, except for Roman Catholicism and Judaism. A group of Jews landed in Georgia without explicit permission in 1733 but were allowed to remain. The charter created a corporate body called a Trust and provided for an unspecified number of Trustees who would govern the colony from England. -
Salzbuger arrive
Salzburgers came ashore on March 12, 1734, when the new colony was only thirteen months old.They came to be permanent settlers: They arrived with two pastors, a school teacher, and an apothecary, their health care provider. The new colonists founded a town named Ebenezer - a Biblical name meaning "stone of help." Ebenezer was five miles from the savannah river. This place became a disaster for the Salzburgers. Theland was of inferior quality for farming, which led to crop failures. -
scots highlandarrive
In early January 1736 a band of Highland Scots arrived at Savannah and, on Oglethorpe's orders, began making plans for settling at the mouth of the Altamaha. the Scots established the settlement they called Darien which contained 177 men. -
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John Reynolds
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Henry Ellis
Henry Ellis Information
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Henry Ellis was the second royal Governer of Georgia. He ruled from 1756 to 1760. He was a very succesful and loved governer. He helped in many wars and secured peace with the natives. He left his office due to poor health. -
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James wright
James Wright information
James Wright was the third and final royal governer. He expanded polocies of Henry Ellis and made them better.He fortified Georgias defenses and made them better. Land owned in Georgia increased from 1 million acres to 7 million. -
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Autin Dabney
Dabney Information
Austin Dabney was a slave that became a private inGeorgias military militia. He was the only known African American soldier to participate in the Battle aof Kettle Creek. He was sseverely wounded and then taken home by a white soldier who helped him with his wounds. Dabney became the only african american to own land in 1786 due to his service in the war. -
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revolutionary War
War Information
The revolutionary war was a war between the british and the colonies of America. The colonies were tired of being under the rule of King george after the intolerable acts. These acts angered the colonists because they believed it was unfair. After the colonists signed a document to become indepedant of Britain king George was angered and thu the war began. -
The Battle of Kettle Creek
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The battle of kettle creek was a great victory for the colony of Georgia. 600 loyalists were defeated by rebels fighting for independance from Britain. Colonol John Dooly and Elijah Clark were the leaders of the rebel group on this attack. The victory was a great one, because the rebels stole much needed horses and weapons from the British soldiers the killed. -
Georgia ratifies contitution
Ratifacation information
Georgia's first attempt at constitutional government was initiated in April 1776. Soon after Georgia moved toward independence by accepting the Declaration of Independence, its first constitutional convention was organized. This constitution remained in effect for twelve years. -
Constitutional convention
Contitutional conventions
Contitutional conventions were held to look over the constitution and find errors. Any errors found by the colonists were to be fixed. The first convention called for a delegation of represenatives of 12 parishes. The objective was to replace the rules and regulations of 1776. -
The founding of Georgia
On January 2, 1788 James edward Oglethorpe founded the colony of Georgia. He wanted to give poor unemployed english men a new life. When he and his crewmates arrived they had to ask permission of Chief Tomochichi of the Yamacraw indian tribe permission to colonize the land. Tomochichi gladly agreed -
Eli Whitney and the cotton gin
InfoIn 1794, Eli Whitney patented the cotton gin, a machine that revolutionized the production of cotton by greatly speeding up the process of removing seeds from cotton fiber. cotton became Georgias number 1 crop. His invention greatly increased production and profits. It also icreased the use of slavery. -
Yazoo land fraud
Fraud information
On January 7, 1795 Georgias governer signed the Yazoo land act. This act transferred 35 million acres of land to four different land companies. The land was sold for $500,000 . The land was sold to the companies at a cheap price so that they could raise the price and sell it. -
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Capital moved to louisville
Capital info
Louisville was named asfter king Louis of france. He helped the rebels in the revolutionarry war. The capital moved due to population movement.
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Emancipation proclamation
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Five days after the battle of antietam, President Lincoln issued the emancipation proclamation. This document stated that unless the south surrendered, all slaves would become free. The confederacy chose to continue fighting and ake the risk. -
Missouri Compromise
Compromise information
In 1820a compromise was made. It was an attempt to keep balance between free and slave states. It made missouri a slave state. -
Daglonega Gold Rush
Gold rush info
Gold was discovered in Dahlonega in 1829. The Georgia legislature created a law that placed most cherokee land under control of the state. The Cherokee were then denied any rights. They could not mine for gold, evven if it was aon their own land. AThe southerners weanted aLll the gold for personal and financial gain. -
Worcester V. Georgia
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Georgia legislatures passed a lawe that caused all missionaries from Cherokee land to leave. The only way they could stay was if they took an oath to the governer. Samuel worcester Refused to take the oath, was arrested, and then released. He then took his case to the supreme court and it was ruled that the verdict of his guilt would not stand because cherokee land was not subject to st -
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Trail of tears
TRAIL iNFORMATION About 15 thousand Cherokee were forced out of their home. They were forced to walk for a very long distance. they walked in the winter time so it was cold. Many died from starvation, disease, and exhaustion -
Co,promise of 1850
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The comppromise of 1850 was used to balance out properties. California came into the Union as a free state. This benifitted the north and the south. The south got a benifit by letting Utah and New mexico decide to befree or slave. -
Georgia platform
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The citizens of Georgia created a document that stated that they would abode by the compromise of 1850. the document was called the georgia platform. shortly after the platform was created there was a constitutional party created -
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Tom Watson and the Populist
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Tom Watson and the populist were a group that supported small farmers. One of Toms biggest accomplishments was rural mail delivery. He was the writer of a newspaper called the Jeffersonian. -
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Booker T washington
Booker T. Washington was born in 1856. He was an onfluential leader in many things. In September 1895, Washington was Invited to speak at the 1895 Cotton States and International Exposition in Atlanta. He publicly accepted disfranchisement and social segregation as long as whites would allow black economic progress, educational opportunity, and justice in the courts. -
Dred scott case
<a href=
'http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/dred-scott-case' >Information</a>A slave named Dred Scott moved with his owner to a new state. The new state he moved to was a slave free stste. Dred scott challenged this in court. He tried to become free because his owner and he were now in a free stste. The court ruled that he is property and can be taken anywhere an still be a slave. -
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Alonzo Herndon
Born into slavery, he was the son of his white master, Frank Herndon, and an enslaved woman, Sophenie. Together with his mother, her parents, and his younger brother, Herndon was emancipated in 1865, aged seven years old.Herndon had only saved 11 dollars and only had approximately one year of schooling. His barbering business thrived and expanded over the years; and he went on to invest in real estate, and then entered insurance. He successfully built up the Atlanta Life Insurance Company. -
election of 1860
Elecction info The United States presidential election of 1860 was a amin cause of the civil war.The United States had been divided during the 1850s due to issues on slavery. While the north discriminated slavery the south found it a mandatory use. President lincoln won this electio. This created an uproar amongst many southerners due to the fact that president lincoln was anti slavery. -
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Union blockade
The Union Blockade was part of a military strategy that the United States put into operation against the Confederacy during the Civil War. The whole of the coast of the Southern states were subjected to a naval blockade to prevent the South from importing essential war supplies.The Union blockade strategy played a significant role in the defeat of the Confederate States of America in the Civil War -
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Battle of Gettysburg
InformationThe Battle of Gettysburg was fought July 1-3, 1863, in and around the town of Gettysburg.The battle involved the largest number of casualties of the entire war and is often described as the war's turning point. It was fought by the confederate states of america and the union. -
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battle of Chickamauga
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The Battle of Chickamauga was fought September 19-20, 1863. The battle was the most significant Union defeat in the Civil war. It was also the first major battle of the war. This battle was fought in Georgia -
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Andersenville
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From February 1864 until the end of the American Civil War (1861-65) in April 1865, Andersonville, Georgia, served as the site of a notorious Confederate military prison. The prison at Andersonville, -
Atlanta campaign
InformationAtlanta campaignIn the summer of 1864, during the U.S. Civil War , Union General William T. Sherman faced off against Confederate generals Joseph E. Johnston and John B. Hood in a series of battles in northern Georgia. Sherman’s goal was to destroy the Army of the Tennessee, capture Atlanta and cut off vital Confederate supply lines. While Sherman failed to destroy his enemy, he was able to force the surrender of Atlanta in September 1864. -
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March to the sea
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General Sherman's march through the state of Georgia from Atlanta to Savannah was one of the most devastating blows to the South in the American Civil War. Not only did he take control of Atlanta, a major railroad hub, and Savannah, a major sea port, but he laid the land between Atlanta and Savannah to waste, destroying all that was in his path. -
freedmens bureau
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Freedmens beureau was created after the civil war. The bureau helped poor former slaves. It also helped poor white men. This wasd part of the reconstruction plan -
Thirteenth ammendment
InformationThe Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution abolished slavery. All slaves of the south were now free. Slaveeas were free but not yet were they consiered citizens. -
The creation of the Ku Klux Klan
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The ku Klux Klan was created on december 24, 1865. It started in pulaski tennesee. The Ku Klux Klan was created to intimidate blacks too not exercise their basic rights such as voting -
Henry mcneal turner
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Henry Mcneal turner was a Minister for a church. He was a civil rights activist. After the civil war he was elected into the house of represenatives. Shortly after he was kicked out due to the color of his skin. The court said blacks had the right to vote, but not hold a political office. -
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WEB Dubois
W.E.B. Du Bois was an African American historian, writer, and Civil Rights leader. He encouraged people in the United States and all over the world to fight against prejudice and discrimination. Du Bois believed that all people deserve equal rights and that change can be gained through both protest and education. Between 1897 and 1910, Du Bois taught at Atlanta University in Georgia. While there, he helped found the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in 1909. -
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John and Lugenia Burns Hope
Lugenia Burns Hope was a social reformer whose Neighborhood Union and other community service organizations improved the quality of life for blacks in Atlanta, Georgia, and served as a model for the future Civil Rights Movement.John Hope, became the first African-American president of Morehouse College. -
Fourteenth ammendment
InformationThe Fourteenth Amendment was adopted on July 9, 1868. The ammend ment was a part of the reconstruction plan. This ammendment made all former slaves legal citizens of the United states. -
Fifteenth ammendment
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the fifteen ammendment was Passed by Congress February 26, 1869, and ratified February 3, 1870. It gave former slaves the right to vote. -
Atlanta Braves
The Atlanta Braves are a Major League Baseball (MLB) team in Atlanta, Georgia. After various name changes, the team eventually began operating as the Boston Braves, which lasted for most of the first half of the 20th century. Then, in 1953, the team moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin and became the Milwaukee Braves, followed by the final move to Atlanta in 1966. -
International cotton exposition
Atlanta held its first cotton expo in 1881 in Oglethorpe park. There were around 200,000 people who came. It helped promote investment and helped the state grow economically. -
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Carl Vinson
Carl Vinson was a United States Representative from Georgia. He was a Democrat and the first person to serve for more than 50 years in the United States House of Represenatives. Vinson served as a Representative from November 3, 1914, to January 3, 1965. -
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Eugene Talmadge
Eugene Talmadge was a Democratic politician who served two terms as the 67th Governor of Georgia from 1933 to 1937, and a third term from 1941 to 1943.Talmadge was born in 1884 in Forsyth, Georgia.He was elected state agriculture commissioner in 1926. Talmadge was re-elected commissioner in 1928 and again in 1930.As commissioner, Talmadge used the newspaper of his department to give advice to farmers and talk about his political views. -
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William B. Hartsfield
William Berry Hartsfield, Sr. served as the 49th and 51st Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia. Hartsfield is credited with developing Atlanta's airport into a national aviation center and ensuring a good water supply with the completion of the Buford Dam. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is named in Hartsfield's honor as well as a later mayor, Maynard Jackson, who led the modernization of the airport in the 1970s. -
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Benjamin Mays
Benjamin Elijah Mays was born on August 1, 1894. He refused to allow the poverty and racism of his place of birth to stop him from becoming something great. In 1920, Mays entered the University of Chicago as a graduate student. Although his education at Chicago was interrupted several times by Morehouse college. In 1940 Mays became the president of Morehouse College. His most famous student at Morehouse was Martin Luther King Jr. -
Plessy vs Ferguson
The plessy vs. Ferguson case was a very controversial case in which the supreme court was tested. A black male named Plessy attempted to sit in an all white section of a railroad car. Plessy refused to move and was arrested and tried in court. His court case made segregation legal. The supreme court stated that "Seperate but equal" did not intervene with the constitution. -
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Richard Russell
Richard Russell was an American politician from Georgia. A member of the Democratic Party. Hhe briefly served as speaker of the Georgia house, and as Governor of Georgia before serving in the United States Senate for almost 40 years, -
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1906 Atlanta race riot
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During the Atlanta race riot in 1906, white mobs killed dozens of African Americans. One of the main causes was fake news articles on black violence aagainst whites. The riot lasted for two days and military forces were involved in ending the riot. -
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Ivan Allen Jr
Ivan Allen, Jr. was an American businessman who served two terms as the 52nd Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia. He served during the civil rights era of the 1960s. n 1961, he authored a white paper for revitalizing Atlanta. Allen was a founding member of Atlanta’s influential Commerce Club, which he chaired until his death in 2003. -
Leo Frank case
Leo Frank Case
Leo Frank was a jewish factory superintendent at a pencil factory. A young girl by the name of Mary Phagan came to Leos office to recive the money she earned from that week. Mary Phagan was murdered and Leo was the last person to have seen her. The real murderer was a janitor by the name of Jim Conley. -
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herman talmadge
Herman Eugene Talmadge was a Democratic American politician from the state of Georgia.He served as the 70th Governor of Georgia briefly in 1947 and again from 1948 to 1955. After leaving office Talmadge was elected to the U.S. Senate, serving from 1957 until 1981. -
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world war 1
World War I ( also known as the First World War or the Great War, was a global war mostly centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918. The war drew in all the world's economic great powers. On 28 July, the Austro-Hungarians declared war on Serbia and subsequently invaded.[12][13] As Russia mobilised in support of Serbia, Germany invaded neutral Belgium and Luxembourg before moving towards France, leading Britain to declare war on Germany. -
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Lester Maddox
Lester maddox was an American entreprenuer who later became of interest in polotics. He was born into a working class family in 1915. In 1947 Maddox opened the Pickrick Cafeteria in Atlanta Georgia. In 1957 Maddox challenged William B. Hartsfield in a race for mayor, however he was unsuccesful. Although many resturaunts were desegregated Maddox wanted to keep his restraunt segregated. After losing a year long legal battle against the civil rights act he decided to shut down his resturaunt rathe -
The county unit system
The county unit system allowed rural counties to control Georgia elections by minimizing the impact of the growing urban centers. All counties were classified by population. Urban counties were the 8 most populated, town counties were the next 30 in population size, and rural counties wre the remaining 121. Urban counties received six unit votes each. Town counties received four unit votes each, and rural counties received two unit votes each. -
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Martin Luther king Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. was a Baptist minister from Atlanta Georgia who led the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. He played a pivotal role in ending the legal segregation of African-American citizens throughout the United States. All of Dr. King's protesting and work was done peacefully.. In the spring of 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. organized a demonstration in downtown Birmingham, Alabama. This is where he gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech. King waas assasinated on April 4th1968 -
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The Great Depression
The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression in the 1930s. It was the longest, deepest, and most widespread depression of the 20th century. It was caused by a crash in the stock makret and left many americans poor. World war 2 brought the U.S out of the depression. -
Agricultural Adjustment Act
The Agricultural Adjustment Act was a United States federal law of the New Deal era which reduced agricultural production by paying farmers to produce less crops. When President Franklin Delano Roosevelt took office in March 1933, the United States was in the midst of the Great Depression. The AAA was a part of the New deal which was made to bring The United States out of The Great Depression. -
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Civilian Conservation Corps
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a public work relief program that operated from 1933 to 1942 in the United States. It was for unemployed, unmarried men from relief families as part of the New Deal.Originally for young men ages 18–23, it was eventually expanded to young men ages 17–28. -
Social Security
The Social Security Act of 1935 was created during Franklin D. Roosevelt's first term. It was a part of the New Deal which was created to bring the U.s out of the depression.The act was an attempt to limit what was seen as dangers in the modern American life, including old age, poverty, and unemployment. By signing this act on August 14, 1935, President Roosevelt became the first president to create federal assistance for the elderly.The Act provided benefits to retirees and the unemployed. -
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World War II
World War II Was global war between two different powers. The axis, and the allies.It was the most widespread war in history, and directly involved more than 100 million people from over 30 countries. In a state of total war. World War II was the deadliest conflict in human history. -
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The Holocaust
The Holocaust was a genocide in which approximately six million Jews were killed by the Nazi regime. From 1941 to 1945, Jews were targeted and methodically murdered in a genocide, one of the largest in history, The persecution and genocide were carried out in stages. Initially the German government passed laws to exclude Jews from civil society. A network of concentration camps was established starting in 1933 and ghettos were established following the outbreak of World War II in 1939. -
Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor is a United States Navy Naval Base. The attack on Pearl Harbor[nb 4] was a surprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy.The attack led to the United States' entry into World War II. The base was attacked by 353[14] Japanese fighter planes, bombers, and torpedo planes in two waves. -
Atlanta Hawks
The Atlanta Hawks are an American professional basketball team based in Atlanta, Georgia. Their origins can be traced to the establishment of the Tri-Cities Blackhawks in 1946, In 1949, they joined the National Basketball Association.n 1951, the team moved to Milwaukee, where they changed their name to the Hawks. The team moved again in 1955 to St. Louis, where they won their only NBA Championship in 1958. The Hawks moved to Atlanta in 1968, where they have been ever since. -
1946 governers race
For a brief period of time in 1947, Georgia had three governors. Tis was a bizzre and complicated thing. Eugene Talmadge won election to a fourth term as Georgia’s governor in 1946, but died before being sworn in. Eugene’s son, Herman, was appointed by the state Legislature to fill his spot. However Melvin tompson, the lieutenant governer claimed to be the governer also. Governor Ellis Arnall refused to vacate the office because there was no clear winner. Herman was finaly sworn in as governer. -
Brown V. Board of education
The Brown Vs. Board of education was a major case that ended legal segregation. On May 17, 1954, the Supreme Court unanimously announced an end to public segregation in schools in the famous Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka case.Linda Brown was an African-American third-grader whose father, Oliver Brown, had sued the school system in Topeka, Kansas. Brown ststed that the school system was discriminating against African-American students in violation of the 14th Amendment. -
1956 Georgia state flag
in 1956, Governor Marvin Griffin signed legislation to change the Georgia flag to one that included the Confederate battle emblem on it. State Senators Jefferson Lee Davis and Willis Harden sponsored the flag bill, which sailed through the legislature, with no public hearings. It became Georgia’s official banner for 45 years. It was changed in 2001. -
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee was founded in April of 1960. It was formed to give younger blacks more of a voice in the civil rights movement. The new group played a large part in the Freedom Rides to tery to desegregate buses and in the marches organized by Martin Luther King Jr.Ella Baker encouraged those who formed SNCC to look beyond integration to broader social change and to view King’s principle of nonviolence more as a political tactic than as a way of life. -
Hamilton Holmes and charlayne Hunter
Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes were the first African American students admitted to the University of Georgia.They arrived on campus to register for classes on January 9, 1961. Protests and riots by white students who were opposed to the university's desegregation resulted in a temporary suspension for Hunter and Holmes. They soon returned to campus after a series of court orders and began attending classes. they both graduated in 1963. -
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The Albany Movement
Civil rights activists take part in a series of protests in November, meetings and marches in Albany, Georgia. This waas later called the Albany Movement. Martin Luther King went to Albany in December and joined the protesters. He stayed for nine months. -
March on Washington
Despite gaining their freedom from slavery after the end of the civil war, African Americans were still facing legal discrimination in the 1950s and early 1960s. This included segregation of schools, lower wages, and discrimination when applying for jobs. The civil rights movement was an effort to bring these issues to the attention of lawmakers and the nation. One of the planned events was a march on Washington D.C. in 1963. An estimated 200000 to 300000 perople showed up for the march. -
Civil Rights act
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was one of the most important civil rights laws in the history of the United States. It outlawed discrimination, ended racial segregation, and protected the voting rights of minorities and women. The slaves were set free after the Civil War and both women and African American people were given the right to vote with the 15th and the 19th amendments. -
Atlanta Falcons
The Falcons joined the NFL in 1965.The Falcons play their home games at the Georgia Dome in downtown Atlanta. he Falcons are tied with the Dolphins (who also began play in 1966) for being the oldest NFL franchise in the Deep South, and are the oldest NFC team in that region -
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Andrew Young
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Andrew Ypung was a polotician, civil rights activist, and a buisnessman. He is responsible for Atlantas reputation as an international city. He won Georgias fifth district seat in the AHouse of represenatives. He became the first African American to be electedto congress from Georgia since reconstruction. -
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Maynard Jackson Elected Governer
Maynard Jacckson was one of Atlanta'a previous mayors. He was the first African American to serve as a mayor of a major southern city. He studied at morehouse and graduated in 1956. He became mayor in 1973 and helped with many things. He helped bring the olympic games to Atlanta in 1996. Jackson served several terms but they were not all consecutive terms. His first term started in 1973 and his last term was in 1992. -
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Jimmy Carter as president
[Jimmy carter information](
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immy Carter was the only Georgian to be elected president of the United states. He served as president from 1977 to 1981. He also served in the U.S. navy and two terms in the Georgia General Assembly. He was born is sumter county in Georgia. He won a Nobel peaace prize in 2002. -
1996 Olympic Games
Olympic Games Information
The 1996 Olympic games were held in Atlanta, Georgia. an estimated 3.5 billion people around the world watched on t.v.
The games. The Park thart the Olympis were being held at was Centennial Olympic Park. On July 27 a pipe bomb exploded in the park during a concert. This bomb caused 2 deathsw and over 100 injuries. -
Rural electrification
Rural electrifacation is the process of bringing electrical power to rural and remote areas. Electricity is used not only for lighting and household purposes, but it also allows for mechanization of many farming operations, such as threshing, milking, and hoisting grain for storage.One famous program was the New Deal's Rural Electrification Administration in the United States,This brought electricity to be used in Rural Areas.
