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Marvin Griffin

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Samuel Marvin Griffin, Sr. (September 4, 1907 – June 13, 1982) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Georgia. [1]

58 relations: Adjutant general, American Independent Party, Anniversary, Atlanta, Atlanta History (journal), Bainbridge State College, Bainbridge, Georgia, Bo Callaway, Bobby Grier (American football), Brigadier general, Brigadier general (United States), Brown v. Board of Education, Carl Sanders, Civil rights movement, Curtis LeMay, Democratic Party (United States), Ellis Arnall, Ernest Vandiver, Eugene Talmadge, Eurith D. Rivers, General officer, George Wallace, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia Board of Regents, Georgia General Assembly, Georgia gubernatorial election, 1954, Georgia gubernatorial election, 1966, Georgia National Guard, Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, Grand jury, Herman Talmadge, Indictment, Ivan Allen Jr., Jekyll Island, Jimmy Carter, Lester Maddox, Lieutenant colonel, Lieutenant Governor of Georgia, List of Governors of Georgia, List of mayors of Atlanta, Major, Melvin E. Thompson, Pittsburgh Panthers, Racial segregation in the United States, Republican Party (United States), Springhill, Nova Scotia, The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, Two-round system, U.S. state, United States Air Force, ..., United States Army, United States House of Representatives, Vice President of the United States, Virginia, Winecoff Hotel fire, WMGR, World War II, 1956 Sugar Bowl. Expand index (8 more) »

Adjutant general

An adjutant general is a military chief administrative officer.

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American Independent Party

The American Independent Party (AIP) is a far-right political party in the United States that was established in 1967.

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Anniversary

An anniversary is the date on which an event took place or an institution was founded in a previous year, and may also refer to the commemoration or celebration of that event.

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Atlanta

Atlanta is the capital city and most populous municipality of the state of Georgia in the United States.

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Atlanta History (journal)

Atlanta History: A Journal of Georgia and the South was a publication of the Atlanta Historical Society.

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Bainbridge State College

Bainbridge State College is a four-year state college of the University System of Georgia in Bainbridge, Georgia.

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Bainbridge, Georgia

Bainbridge is a city in Decatur County, Georgia, United States.

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Bo Callaway

Howard Hollis Callaway, Sr., known as Bo Callaway (April 2, 1927 – March 15, 2014), was an American politician and businessman from the state of Georgia.

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Bobby Grier (American football)

Bobby Grier (born 1933) was the first African American football player to break the color barrier of the United States collegiate Sugar Bowl game, in 1956, which is held in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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Brigadier general

Brigadier general (Brig. Gen.) is a senior rank in the armed forces.

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Brigadier general (United States)

In the United States Armed Forces, brigadier general (BG, BGen, or Brig Gen) is a one-star general officer with the pay grade of O-7 in the U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corps, and U.S. Air Force.

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Brown v. Board of Education

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483 (1954), was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional.

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Carl Sanders

Carl Edward Sanders Sr. (May 15, 1925 – November 16, 2014) was an American attorney and politician who served as the 74th Governor of the state of Georgia from 1963 to 1967.

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Civil rights movement

The civil rights movement (also known as the African-American civil rights movement, American civil rights movement and other terms) was a decades-long movement with the goal of securing legal rights for African Americans that other Americans already held.

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Curtis LeMay

Curtis LeMay (November 15, 1906 – October 1, 1990) was a general in the United States Air Force and the vice presidential running mate of American Independent Party candidate George Wallace in the 1968 presidential election.

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Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party (nicknamed the GOP for Grand Old Party).

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Ellis Arnall

Ellis Gibbs Arnall (March 20, 1907December 13, 1992) was an American politician, a liberal Democrat who served as the 69th Governor of the U.S. state of Georgia from 1943 to 1947.

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Ernest Vandiver

Samuel Ernest Vandiver Jr. (July 3, 1918 – February 21, 2005) was an American politician who was the 73rd Governor of the U.S. state of Georgia from 1959 to 1963.

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Eugene Talmadge

Eugene Talmadge (September 23, 1884 – December 21, 1946), born Herman Eugene Talmadge, was a Dixiecrat politician who served two terms as the 67th Governor of Georgia from 1933 to 1937, and a third term from 1941 to 1943.

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Eurith D. Rivers

Eurith Dickinson "Ed" Rivers (December 1, 1895 – June 11, 1967) was an American politician from Lanier County, Georgia.

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General officer

A general officer is an officer of high rank in the army, and in some nations' air forces or marines.

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George Wallace

George Corley Wallace Jr. (August 25, 1919 – September 13, 1998) was an American politician and the 45th Governor of Alabama, having served two nonconsecutive terms and two consecutive terms as a Democrat: 1963–1967, 1971–1979 and 1983–1987.

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Georgia (U.S. state)

Georgia is a state in the Southeastern United States.

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Georgia Board of Regents

The Georgia Board of Regents oversees the University System of Georgia as part of the state government of Georgia in the United States.

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Georgia General Assembly

The Georgia General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Georgia.

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Georgia gubernatorial election, 1954

The 1954 Georgia gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1954.

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Georgia gubernatorial election, 1966

The 1966 Georgia gubernatorial election was held on November 10, 1966.

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Georgia National Guard

The Georgia National Guard is the National Guard of the U.S. state of Georgia, and consists of the Georgia Army National Guard and the Georgia Air National Guard.

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Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets is the name used for all of the intercollegiate athletic teams that play for the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), located in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Grand jury

A grand jury is a legal body empowered to conduct official proceedings and investigate potential criminal conduct, and determine whether criminal charges should be brought.

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Herman Talmadge

Herman Eugene Talmadge (August 9, 1913 – March 21, 2002) was an attorney and a Democratic American politician from the state of Georgia, the son of former governor Eugene Talmadge.

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Indictment

An indictment is a formal accusation that a person has committed a crime.

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Ivan Allen Jr.

Ivan Earnest Allen Jr. (March 15, 1911 – July 2, 2003), was an American businessman who served two terms as the 52nd Mayor of Atlanta, during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s.

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Jekyll Island

Jekyll Island is located off the coast of the U.S. state of Georgia, in Glynn County.

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Jimmy Carter

James Earl Carter Jr. (born October 1, 1924) is an American politician who served as the 39th President of the United States from 1977 to 1981.

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Lester Maddox

Lester Garfield Maddox Sr. (September 30, 1915 – June 25, 2003) was an American politician who served as the 75th Governor of the U.S. state of Georgia from 1967 to 1971.

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Lieutenant colonel

Lieutenant colonel is a rank of commissioned officer in the armies, most marine forces and some air forces of the world, above a major and below a colonel.

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Lieutenant Governor of Georgia

The Lieutenant Governor of Georgia is a constitutional officer of the state, elected to a 4-year term by popular vote.

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List of Governors of Georgia

The Governor of Georgia is the head of the executive branch of Georgia's state government and the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces.

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List of mayors of Atlanta

The Mayor is the highest elected official in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Major

Major is a military rank of commissioned officer status, with corresponding ranks existing in many military forces throughout the world.

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Melvin E. Thompson

Melvin Ernest Thompson (May 1, 1903 – October 3, 1980) was an American educator and politician from Millen in the U.S. state of Georgia.

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Pittsburgh Panthers

The Pittsburgh Panthers, commonly also referred to as the Pitt Panthers, are the athletic teams representing the University of Pittsburgh, although the term is colloquially used to refer to other aspects of the university such as alumni, faculty, and students.

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Racial segregation in the United States

Racial segregation in the United States, as a general term, includes the segregation or separation of access to facilities, services, and opportunities such as housing, medical care, education, employment, and transportation along racial lines.

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Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party, also referred to as the GOP (abbreviation for Grand Old Party), is one of the two major political parties in the United States, the other being its historic rival, the Democratic Party.

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Springhill, Nova Scotia

Springhill is a community located in central Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada.

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The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina

The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, commonly referred to simply as The Citadel, is a state-supported, comprehensive college located in Charleston, South Carolina, United States.

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Two-round system

The two-round system (also known as the second ballot, runoff voting or ballotage) is a voting method used to elect a single winner, where the voter casts a single vote for their chosen candidate.

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U.S. state

A state is a constituent political entity of the United States.

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United States Air Force

The United States Air Force (USAF) is the aerial and space warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces.

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United States Army

The United States Army (USA) is the land warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces.

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United States House of Representatives

The United States House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, the Senate being the upper chamber.

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Vice President of the United States

The Vice President of the United States (informally referred to as VPOTUS, or Veep) is a constitutional officer in the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States as the President of the Senate under Article I, Section 3, Clause 4, of the United States Constitution, as well as the second highest executive branch officer, after the President of the United States.

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Virginia

Virginia (officially the Commonwealth of Virginia) is a state in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States located between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains.

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Winecoff Hotel fire

The Winecoff Hotel fire of December 7, 1946, was the deadliest hotel fire in United States history, killing 119 hotel occupants, including the hotel's owners.

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WMGR

WMGR (930 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a contemporary Christian format.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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1956 Sugar Bowl

The 1956 Sugar Bowl featured the 7th ranked Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, and the 11th ranked Pitt Panthers.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_Griffin

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