That is a picture of Hagia Sophia located in Istanbul, Turkey. The Hagia Sophia served as a center for religious, political, and artistic life for the Byzantine Empire (Eastern Roman Empire). It started as a place of great importance for the Byzantines, but then became a extremely important site of worship when Sultan Mehmed II conquered Constantinople. (Constantinople is modern day Istanbul)
On February 14, 1864, Union General William T. Sherman arrives in Meridian, Mississippi during a winter campaign that served as a precursor to his March to the Sea campaign that happened in Georgia. The Mississippi campaign was the first attempt of the Union at total warfare.<span> </span>
Controversial flag that flew over Georgia from 1956-2001 due to the flag's prominent Confederate emblem. = <span>1956 State Flag
</span><span>Leader in the Civil Rights movement; leader of the Student Non-Violent
Coordinating Committee; U.S. Representative (1986-present). = </span><span>Congressman John Lewis
</span>The famous jobs and civil rights march led by Dr. Martin Luther King, where he gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech. = <span>March on Washington
</span><span>Federal legislation, signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson in 1964, that forbade discrimination on the basis of race and sex in
hiring, firing, and promotion = </span><span>Civil Rights act of 1964
</span>Civil rights organization by college students that urged non-violent protests and sit-in; They organized voter registrations in the South and led the Albany Movement. = <span>Student Non-Violent Coordination Committee
</span><span>Supreme Court cases that struck down the policy of separate but
equal and mandated the desegregation of public schools. = </span><span>Brown vs the Board of Education
</span><span>Investigation by lawyer John Sibley to determine what should be done about
integration in the state; though 60% of Georgians claimed they would rather close the public schools than
integrate, Sibley recommended that public schools desegregate on a limited basis. = </span><span>Sibley Commission</span>
