Georgia's VIP's

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Known for his ability to negotiate peace, his passion to defeat diseases, and to ensure worldwide human rights and fair elections around the world.

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Jimmy Carter

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He surprised many by appointing more African Americans to state board positions than all of the other previous governors combined. Who is he?

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Lester Maddox

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Named the first African American member of the Board of Pardons and Paroles.

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Lester Maddox

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Integrated the Georgia State Patrol.

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Lester Maddox

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Who was elected 39th President of the United States in 1976?

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Jimmy Carter

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Was Atlanta’s youngest and 1st African American mayor? (First African American mayor of a major southern city.)

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Maynard Jackson

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Elected to the U.S. House in 1972 (Georgia’s first African American Congressman since Reconstruction.)

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Andrew Young

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He took office in January 1974; mayor until 1982.

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Maynard Jackson

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Who sought to make changes to police and fire departments ensuring more African Americans were promoted?

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Maynard Jackson

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In 1977, Jimmy Carter chose this person to be a U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.

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Andrew Young