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The history of Atlanta dates back to 1836, when Georgia decided to build a railroad to the U.S. Midwest and a location was chosen to be the line's terminus. The stake marking the founding of "Terminus" was driven into the ground in 1837 (called the Zero Mile Post).
20th century. 21st century. See also. References. Works cited. Timeline of Greensboro, North Carolina. The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Greensboro, North Carolina, USA. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.
Nov. 26: Col. Luther J. Glenn is appointed commander of the Atlanta Post. 9 : 182. Dec. 5: Cap. Thomas L. Dodd is appointed the Provost-Marshal. 9 : 182. Dec 7: Gen. W. P. Howard sends his report to Governor Brown on the destruction of Atlanta. 9 : 182–185 10 : 407–412.
Black History Month began over 100 years ago with a weeklong celebration. It was called “Negro History Week” then, coined by the late Black historian and scholar Carter G. Woodson.
The International Civil Rights Center & Museum (ICRCM) is located in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States. Its building formerly housed the Woolworth's, the site of a nonviolent protest in the civil rights movement. Four students from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (NC A&T) started the Greensboro sit-ins at a ...
Cane Creek Friends Meeting. The Cane Creek Friends Meeting, founded in 1751, [2] is considered the first established Quaker community in the Piedmont region of North Carolina. The site was occupied by British troops during the American Revolutionary War.
Designated NHS. October 10, 1980. The Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park covers about 35 acres (0.14 km 2) and includes several sites in Atlanta, Georgia related to the life and work of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Within the park is his boyhood home, and Ebenezer Baptist Church — the church where King was baptized ...
The Greensboro sit-ins were a series of nonviolent protests in February to July 1960, primarily in the Woolworth store — now the International Civil Rights Center and Museum — in Greensboro, North Carolina, [1] which led to the F. W. Woolworth Company department store chain removing its policy of racial segregation in the Southern United States. [2]