Modern Georgia
This International Sporting event brought Atlanta on to the International Stage.
What is "The 1996 Summer Olympics"?
This Atlanta Mayor was also a "lieutenant" of MLK JR, a US congressman and the US Ambassador to the UN in the Carter Administration.
Who is Andrew Young?
Born on a sharecropping farm in Alabama, he was a "freedom rider", participated in lunch counter sit-ins, was a leader in SNCC and a US congressman.
Who was John Lewis?
This Lieutenant Governor would eventually be declared Governor in the Three Governors controversy.
Who was Melvin Thompson
A 1956 change to the Georgia state flag was a response to which Supreme Court decision?
What was Brown v Board of Education.
This Georgia (and international) facility located near the coast, is the fastest growing facility of its kind on the east coast of the US
What is the port of Savannah?
He was the grandson of John Wesley Dobbs and the 1st black mayor of the city of Atlanta
Who was Maynard Jackson?
This civil rights leader was an important lieutenant to MLK, and was the first African American Congressman to represent Georgia since Reconstruction.
Who was Andrew Young?
This crisis, along with "stagflation" and the oil embargo negatively impacted the Presidency of Jimmy Carter
What was the Iran Hostage Crisis?
What is the Confederate battle flag.
Georgia's mild climate, beautiful scenery and rich history make this industry, which generated nearly $70 billion in 2019, a major sector of Georgia's growing economy?
What is the Tourism Industry
Both Ivan Allen, Jr and William Hartsfield's progressive actions on civil rights and race relations had positive impacts on the city and gave it this nickname.
What is "the city too busy to hate"?
This form of protest was used throughout the South to end segregation of dept store lunch counters?
What were "sit-ins".
This governor ran a segregated restaurant, ran an unsuccessful campaign for Mayor or Atlanta and also served as Lt Governor after having served his term as Governor.
Who was Lester Maddox?
A non violent type of protest incorporated by civil rights groups that included refusal to buy, sell or use something.
What is a boycott?
This symbol can be found at the end of a film made in the state of Georgia.
What is a peach?
He was Atlanta's longest serving mayor.
Who was William Hartsfield?
With the goal to ________________, Albany movement was different from many earlier civil rights protest, such as the Montgomery Bus Boycott
What was ending city wide segregation of all types?
This Georgia Governor attended the US Naval Academy and served in the US Navy before returning to run his family farm in South Georgia.
Who was Jimmy Carter?
After WW2 New Technology and industrialization agriculture and resulted in _____________.
What is population growth in Georgia cities.
Along with Georgia's climate, natural scenery, settings ranging from rural areas to small towns to big cities, skilled talent and labor, this is a major reason filmmakers are attracted to the state.
What are Tax Incentives?
One of his major foreign policy accomplishments as President, was the Camp David Accords.
Who was Jimmy Carter?
Born in Atlanta, this civil rights leader was mentored by Benjamin Mays while attending Morehouse College and would serve as pastor at Ebenezer Baptish Church in Atlanta
Who was MLK Jr.
He was the only southern politician invited to address the Senate Commerce Committee in support of a bill that would eventually become the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Who was Ivan Allen, Jr.
The ___________ Commission was formed by Governor Ernest Vandiver to address the Federal order to intergrate Schools
What was the Sibley Commission?