In July 1963, Ivan Allen, Jr. was the only southern mayor to testify in favor of desegregation of public accommodations, which was to be the heart of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
Web site with information about the Civil Rights movement in Atlanta, Georgia. The site contains several essays about the history of the movement in Atlanta; each essay also has discussion questions and suggestions for classroom activities. The…
View of directors from the Trust Company of Georgia; (from left to right) John A. Sibley, S.R. Young, Winship Nunnally, James D. Robinson Jr., Ivan Allen, Sr., Walter C. Hill, at the opening of the First National Bank in Macon, Georgia.