Across
- 2. commission that received input from citizens of GA regarding desegregating schools; found most Georgians had rather close schools rather than integrate
- 3. essential to GA's economy; facilitates speed and reliability for shipments to the rest of the US and the world; 20,000 miles of high performance roadways and interstate highways (including I-75, I-85, 1-20, and I-95); provides jobs for Georgians
- 5. Opened Pickrick Restaurant in ATL and fiercely opposed integration and civil rights; surprisingly appointed more African Americans to state positions thatn all previous governors combined; became Jimmy Carter's Lieutenant Governor
- 6. change made to GA state flag that was GA legislators' response to Brown v. Board of Education; incorporated the Confederate battle flag
- 9. person who takes risks to develop new goods and services to start a new business; profit is an incentive
- 12. only person from GA to be elected president; advocated for education; improved GA's educational, justice, metal health systems; appointed more women and minorities to government positions
- 13. essential to GA's economy; make Georgia the "transportation hub" of the Southeast; transport people and products quickly and efficiently by air, road, railroad, and sea to national and global markets
- 14. Atlanta mayor who desegregated the city hall's cafeteria and had the "white" and "colored" sign removed from the building; was an advocate for the MARTA commuter rail line and supported bringing major league sports teams into the city
- 15. first African American mayor of a major southern city; provided more contract work to black-owned businesses and expanding the airport; sold ATL's image as a major convention canter; improve city housing; renamed Hartsfield to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in his honor
- 16. United States Supreme Court case that ended segregation
Down
- 1. essential to GA's economy; 100 million passengers a year pass through; more than 625,000 metric tons of cargo move through; generates $23.5 billion per year; provides jobs for Georgians
- 4. An active supporter in bringing air transportation to the state; longest serving mayor of Atlanta; helped city out of depression; airport named in his honor
- 7. operates on a smaller scale than the other forms of transportation; essential component to the success of moving goods to destinations throughout the state and the rest of the country; provides jobs for Georgians
- 8. essential to GA's economy; used to export and import products to all parts of the world; consists of Savannah and Brunswick; provides jobs for Georgians
- 10. GA's 58th governor who eliminated the poll tax, changed the voting age to 18, paid off massive state debt, reformed the education and prison system
- 11. active in Civil Rights Movement; worked in SCLC; nonviolent protests; GA's first black Congressman since Reconstruction; appointed as ambassador to UN; elected mayor of ATL