Atlanta's only 6-term mayor who presided over building projects (expressways and parks). Airport named after him
Who is William Hartsfield
100
Athletes and fans quickly travel through Atlanta and enjoy connecting Florida to Maine and Miami to Michigan
What is the Interstate Highway System
100
1950 Supreme Court Case that struck down "seperate but equal" concept and paved way to public school integration
What is Brown v. Board of Education
100
Organization that said GA residents closed schools rather than integrate
What is the Sibley Commission
100
Established the government of the state of Georia
What is the Georgia Constitution
200
Pro-Civil Rights Atlanta mayor
Who was Ivan Allen, Jr.
200
Slang term for the Atlanta Braves' stadium, named for the former owner.
What is "The Ted"
200
1955 arrest of this African American whose actions sparked the bus company boycott in Montogmery, AL, and launched King's Civil Rights' committment
Who is Rosa Parks
200
Caused formation of biracial committee to study African American concerns after Albany, GA bus boycott & demonstrations -- 500 protesters were jailed
What was the Student Non-Violent Corrdinating Committee (SNCC)
200
In the 1960s and 1970s, the integration of all public facilities and prohibited discrimination in business and labor unions
What is the Civil Rights Act
300
Georgia govenor who reformed state constitution, unversities, prisons, taxes -- even lowered the voting age
Who was Ellis Arnall
300
Using a pigskin played on a gridiron, this team played their first Atlanta game 1966 and Super Bowl in 1998
What is the Atlanta Falcons
300
in 1961, the University of Georgia's first African American students
Who are Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes
300
Aide to Martin Luther King, Jr., SCLC Executive Director, US House of Representative, Atlanta mayor, US Ambassador, Co-Chairman of 1996 Summer Olympics
Who is Andrew Young
300
1986 act that penalized and punished companies who hired illegal immigrants
What is the Immigration Reform and Control Act
400
Govenor and US Senator worked to create laws that helped impoverished rural Georgia
Who was Herman Talmadge
400
Former St. Louis, MO hoops team that has called Atlanta home since 1968
What is the Atlanta Hawks
400
First elected African American mayor of major southern city in 1973
Who was Maynard Jackson
400
One vote per citizen; allowed two-party system; each party nominates candidates for elections
What is the end of the County Unit System
400
International events held in the GA cities of Atlanta, Savannah, Columbus, Athens, Gainesville, and Cleveland
What is the 1996 Summer Olympics Games
500
Morehouse College President whose Civil Rights ideas and language were adopted by Martin Luther King, Jr.
Who was Benjamin Mayes
500
This person made the 1976 purchase & subsequent TV broadcasts of "America's Team" on pre-cable Turner Broadcast System
Who is Ted Turner
500
1967 GA govenor who supported segregation, but later became pro-Civil Rights
Who was Lester Maddox
500
Annapolis graduate; GA Senator & Govenor; US President; south GA resident
Who is Jimmy Carter
500
Outlawed in 1946, these elections prohibited participation of non-white citizens