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George Graham (Georgia Politician)
George Graham was an American politician. Graham and William Finch were the two first black people to serve on the Atlanta Board of Aldermen The Atlanta City Council is the main municipal legislative body for the city of Atlanta, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, United States. It consists of 16 members primarily elected from 12 districts within the city. The Government of Atlanta, Atla ... during Reconstruction. Graham was in office from December7, 1870 until January5, 1872, representing the Third Ward of Atlanta. References People of the Reconstruction Era African-American politicians during the Reconstruction Era 19th-century African-American politicians {{GeorgiaUS-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atlanta Board Of Aldermen
The Atlanta City Council is the main municipal legislative body for the city of Atlanta, Georgia, United States. It consists of 16 members primarily elected from 12 districts within the city. The Atlanta City Government is divided into three bodies: the legislative, executive and judicial branches. The Atlanta City Council serves as the legislative branch. City departments, under the direction of the mayor, constitute the executive branch and the Courts, the judicial branch. Legislative Branch The legislative body, consisting of the Council, makes the laws that govern the city. It is responsible for the development of policies which serve as operational standards and establishes the parameters for the administration of city government. Executive Branch The Executive body carries out the laws that have been instituted by the City Council. It is responsible for the day-to-day operations of city government. The City Charter A new charter was enacted in 1996 that reduced the repr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Third Ward (Atlanta)
{{Unreferenced, date=December 2009 Atlanta's Third Ward was defined in 1880 as the area bounded on the North by Georgia Railroad, West by Butler & McDonough Streets, South and East by the city limits (the green section of picture) Generally in Atlanta's Ward System, it encompassed the following modern neighborhoods: Grant Park, Ormewood Park and Cabbagetown. 1854 The original boundaries for five wards were laid out in an unknown fashion and two councilmen from each ward were elected to coincide with the completion of the first official city hall in 1854. Third Ward councilmen of this period were *1855 John Farrar and J. W. Thompson *1856 Thomas L. Thomas and James L. Terry *1857 John B. Peck and John Glen *1858 James E. Williams and J.M. Blackwell *1859 Coleman F. Wood and J.M. Blackwell *1860 James R.D. Ozburn and Merrill T. Castelberry *1861 Seymour B. Love and Robert Crawford *1862 John Farrar and James G. Kelly *1863 F.D. Thurman and James G. Kelly *1864 William Watkins an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Finch (politician)
William S. Finch (October 1, 1832 - January 10, 1911) was a minister, tailor and politician. Biography Finch was born October 1, 1832 enslaved in Washington Wilkes County, Georgia. When he was twelve he was taken into the home of Judge Garnett Andrews, the father of Eliza Frances Andrews where he was educated to read and write. Whilst at the Andrews house, where he stayed for four years, he also became a tailor's apprentice. He was purchased by Joseph H. Lumpkin the chief justice of the Georgia Supreme Court in 1848, and while still enslaved worked as a tailor and acquired some property. Finch attributed his time with Justice Lumpkin and the counsel he received to his later success in life. He married Laura Wright in 1854 and when the American Civil War started he and his family had moved back to the Judge Andrews home where they remained until the end in 1865 and by that point they already had six children together. He was often called to help the wounded Confederate s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clark Atlanta University
Clark Atlanta University (CAU or Clark Atlanta) is a private, Methodist, historically black research university in Atlanta, Georgia. Clark Atlanta is the first Historically Black College or University (HBCU) in the Southern United States. Founded on September 19, 1865, as Atlanta University, it consolidated with Clark College (established 1869) to form Clark Atlanta University in 1988. It is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity". History Atlanta University was founded on September 19, 1865, as the first HBCU in the Southern United States. Atlanta University was the nation's first graduate institution to award degrees to African Americans in the Nation and the first to award bachelor's degrees to African Americans in the South; Clark College (1869) was the nation's first four-year liberal arts college to serve African-American students. The two consolidated in 1988 to form Clark Atlanta University. Atlanta University In the city of Atlant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People Of The Reconstruction Era
A person (plural, : people) is a being that has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of property, or legal obligation, legal responsibility. The defining features of personhood and, consequently, what makes a person count as a person, differ widely among cultures and contexts. In addition to the question of personhood, of what makes a being count as a person to begin with, there are further questions about personal identity and self: both about what makes any particular person that particular person instead of another, and about what makes a person at one time the same person as they were or will be at another time despite any intervening changes. The plural form "people" is often used to refer to an entire nation or ethnic group (as in "a people"), and this was the original meaning of the word; it subsequently acquired its us ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
African-American Politicians During The Reconstruction Era
African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans and Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from sub-Saharan Africa. The term "African American" generally denotes descendants of enslaved Africans who are from the United States. While some Black immigrants or their children may also come to identify as African-American, the majority of first generation immigrants do not, preferring to identify with their nation of origin. African Americans constitute the second largest racial group in the U.S. after White Americans, as well as the third largest ethnic group after Hispanic and Latino Americans. Most African Americans are descendants of enslaved people within the boundaries of the present United States. On average, African Americans are of West/Central African with some European descent; some also have Native American and other ancestry. According to U.S. Census Bureau data, African immigrants generally do not self-iden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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