History

Ivan Allen Jr.

Allen served two four-year terms and quickly established himself as a liberal-minded leader. Ivan Allen Jr. served as mayor of Atlanta from 1962 to 1970.

Eugene Talmadge.

Generally known as M.E. Thompson during his political career, he served as the 70th Governor of Georgia from 1947 to 1948 and was elected as the first Lieutenant Governor of Georgia in 1946. Only Talmadge and Joe Brown, in the mid-19th century, have been elected four times as Governor of Georgia. He is known for having actively promoted segregation and white supremacy, and for advocating for racism in the University System of Georgia.

William B Hartsfield

was an American politician who served as the 49th and 51st Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia. His tenure extended from 1937 to 1941 and again from 1942 to 1962, making him the longest-serving mayor of his native Atlanta, Georgia. Harts field, Allen's predecessor as mayor, was a supporter of segregation, but he also understood Atlanta's Blacks growing political power as the white Democratic Party primary was declared unconstitutional in 1946