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The Atlanta sanitation strike of 1977 was a labor strike involving sanitation workers in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Precipitated by wildcat action in January, on March 28 the local chapter of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) agreed to strike. The main goal of the strike was a $0.50 hourly wage ...
The area of DeKalb county was acquired by the state of Georgia as a result of the 1821 Treaty of Indian Springs with a faction of the Muscogee (Creek). DeKalb County, formed in 1822 from Henry, Gwinnett and Fayette counties, took its name from Baron Johann de Kalb (1721–1780), a Bavarian-born former officer in the French Army, who fought for the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary ...
The city of Atlanta, Georgia was the subject of a ransomware attack which began in March 2018. [2] The city recognized the attack on Thursday, March 22, 2018, [1] [3] and publicly acknowledged it was a ransomware attack.
Atlanta took down its water department website indefinitely on Thursday, two weeks after a ransomware cyber attack tore through the city's computer systems in one of the most disruptive hacks ever ...
Maynard Holbrook Jackson Jr. (March 23, 1938 – June 23, 2003) was an American attorney and politician who served as the 54th mayor of Atlanta, Georgia from 1974 to 1982, and again as the city's 56th mayor from 1990 to 1994.
Atlanta City Hall: 68 Mitchell St., SE 1989-10-23 Landmark Yes Atlanta Stockade 750 Glenwood Ave., SE 1989-10-23 Historic Yes Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus: 325 Peachtree Center Ave., NE 1990-04-10 Landmark Yes Biltmore Hotel and Tower: 817 West Peachtree St., NW 1989-10-23 Landmark Yes C&S National Bank Building, now the
Atlanta city seal. The city government of Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States is composed of a mayor and a body of one councilman from each of 12 districts, a City Council President, and 3 other at-large councilmen: Post 1 representing districts 1-4; Post 2 representing districts 5-8; Post 3 representing districts 9-12
South Fulton is a city in Fulton County, Georgia, United States in the Atlanta metropolitan area.It was incorporated in 2017 from parts of southwest Fulton County and includes the communities of Red Oak, Cooks Crossing, Stonewall, Fife, Ben Hill, Sandtown, Cliftondale, Ono, Cedar Grove, Boat Rock/Dry Pond, Maude, Lester, Enon, Welcome All, Peters Woods, and part of Campbellton. [4]