Joe McTyre Photograph Collection : Joe McTyre Photographs, 1964-1975, undated.

Jackson, Maynard, 1938-2003

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Maynard Holbrook Jackson Jr. (March 23, 1938 – June 23, 2003) was an American politician and attorney from Georgia. A member of the Democratic Party, he was elected in 1973 at the age of 35 as the first black mayor of Atlanta, Georgia. Served three terms from 1974 to 1982 and 1990 to 1994, he is the second longest-serving mayor of Atlanta after six-term mayor William B. Hartsfield. Born in Dallas, Texas, he attended David T. Howard High School in Atlanta and Morehouse College, a historically ...

Wallace, George C. (George Corley), 1919-1998

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George Corley Wallace Jr. (August 25, 1919 – September 13, 1998) was an American politician who served as the 45th Governor of Alabama for four terms. He is best remembered for his staunch segregationist and populist views. During his tenure, he promoted "low-grade industrial development, low taxes, and trade schools". He sought the United States presidency as a Democrat three times, and once as an American Independent Party candidate, unsuccessfully each time. Wallace notoriously opposed deseg...

Aaron, Hank, 1934-2021

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Hank Aaron (born Henry Louis Aaron, February 5, 1934, Mobile, Alabama-died January 22, 2021, Atlanta, Georgia) was the son of Estella Aaron and Herbert Aaron. He attended Central High School in Mobile, Alabama and transferred to the private Josephine Allen Institute, where he graduated in 1951. While finishing high school, Aaron played for the Mobile Black Bears, a semi-professional Negro league baseball team. In 1951, Aaron signed with the Indianapolis Clowns of the Negro American League, wh...

Dooley, Vince, 1932-

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Vince Dooley was born in Mobile, Alabama on 4 September 1932. He is one of five children of Nellie and William Dooley. He attended McGill Catholic High School in Mobile and later Auburn University, both in Alabama. Dooley spent two years in the United States Marine Corps before returning to Auburn University to obtain his bachelor's degree in business management in 1954 and his master's degree in history in 1963. He served as the assistant coach at Auburn before taking the position of head footb...

Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (Atlanta, Ga.)

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Portman, John

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Hartsfield, William Berry

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William Berry Hartsfield (1890-1971) served as Mayor of Atlanta 1937-1962. He served on the Atlanta City Council from 1923-1928 and represented Fulton County in the state legislature. Hartsfield was Mayor of Atlanta in 1939 when the city hosted the premiere of Gone With the Wind, the movie based on the novel by Margaret Mitchell (Marsh). The film Gone With the Wind, based on the novel by Margaret Mitchell (Marsh), premiered in Atlanta, Georgia, on December 15, 1939. From the descript...

Mays, Benjamin E. (Benjamin Elijah), 1894-1984

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Educator. From the description of Reminiscences of Benjamin E. Mays : oral history, 1980. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122527874 Benjamin E. Mays (1895- ), president of Morehouse College during the Atlanta 1960-1961 sit-ins. From the description of Benjamin Elijah Mays oral history interview, 1978 Nov. 29. (Georgia State University). WorldCat record id: 38727125 President of Morehouse College, Atlanta, Ga., from 1940...

Rich, Richard H., 1901-1975

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Richard H. Rich (December 24, 1901-May 1, 1975), merchant and business executive, was born in Atlanta, Georgia, the son of Herman and Rosalind Rich Rosenheim. His father was a shoe manufacturer in Savannah, his mother the daughter of Morris Rich, founder of Rich's department stores in Atlanta. Richard Rich legally changed his name from Rosenheim to Rich in 1920 at the urging of his grandfather. On December 29, 1930, he married Virginia Lazarus of New Orleans, Louisiana. They had three children, ...

Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel (Atlanta, Ga.)

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Callaway, Howard H. (Howard Hollis), 1927-2014

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Howard Hollis "Bo" Callaway was born on April 2, 1927 in LaGrange, Georgia. He was a student at the Georgia Institute of Technology from 1944 to 1945, and he received a B.S. from the U.S. Military Academy in 1949. He as a 1st Lieutenant in the U.S. Army from 1949 to 1952. He was a member of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, 1953 to 1964; President of Callaway Gardens, 1953 to 1970; President of the Ida Cason Callaway Foundation, 1956 to 1970; Director of the Trust Company...

McTyre, Joe

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Joe McTyre is a retired photographer from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He has worked as a photojournalist in Atlanta and Marietta, Georgia since 1950. Additional biographical information about Joe McTyre has not been determined. From the description of Joe McTyre Photograph Collection : Joe McTyre Photographs, 1964-1975, undated. (Atlanta History Center). WorldCat record id: 32217053 From the description of Joe McTyre Photograph Collection : Collected Images, 1889-1985,...

Allen, Ivan, 1911-2003

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