Booker T Washington Atlanta Address of 1895 popular spokes- person for African- American citizens supporters in many black communities, with black ministers, educators and businessmen wanted peaceful protests and change through speeches

W. E. B. Dubois Founding member of NAACP fought discrimination and racism More aggressive about racism and discrimination Criticized Booker T for being to “soft”

John and Lugenia Burns Hope worked for the improvement of black communities through traditional social work, community health campaigns, and political pressure for better education and infrastructure President of Morehouse in 1906

County Unit System the system of allotting votes by county, with little regard for population differences, allowed rural counties to control Georgia elections by minimizing the impact of the growing urban centers, particularly Atlanta

Leo Frank Was a manager of the National Pencil factory in Atlanta Had several women and child workers From the North and was Jewish 13 year old Mary Phagan was found raped and murdered in basement Testimony given blamed Frank KKK lynched him in Marietta

Leo Frank

Mary Phagan and Jim Conely

World War I and Georgia called “The Great War” Established Fort McPherson - home to the headquarters of the U.S. Army Forces Command (FORSCOM), which is responsible for the command and control, unit training, and operational readiness of the active army, National Guard, and reserve

WWI continued Camp Gordon - Camp Gordon, opened in July 1917, was located in Chamblee, northeast of Atlanta, and was the training site of the famous Eighty-second All-American Division. The division included men from several different states, but Georgians made up almost half its number.

Causes of WWI Nationalism Sinking of the Lusitania Zimmerman Telegram Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand Imperialism Alliances