For the five years through November 2017 Georgia has been ranked the top state (number 1) in the nation to do business and has been recognized as number 1 for business and labor climate in the nation number 1 in business climate in the nation number 1 in the nation in workforce training and as having a "Best in Class" state economic development agency. On June 28 2013 the Atlanta Braves retired former third baseman Chipper Jones' jersey number 10 before the game against the Arizona Diamondbacks He was honored before 51,300 fans at Turner Field in Atlanta He served as a staple of the Braves franchise for 19 years before announcing his retirement at the beginning of the 2012 season Chipper Jones played his last regular season game for the Braves on September 30 2012.
1.4 The 1980s and 1990s, Joe Kelley Further information: Economy of Metro Atlanta, Climate 2000 416,474 5.7% Atlanta is home to professional franchises for five major team sports: the Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association and Atlanta United FC of Major League Soccer Atlanta has also recently added a professional box lacrosse team the Georgia Swarm of the National Lacrosse League and a professional field lacrosse team the Atlanta Blaze of Major League Lacrosse. 3.2 WiFi and electronic services Captain America: Civil War filming in Atlanta 2015. Media In 1959 a meeting of 2,741 students voted by an overwhelming majority to endorse integration of qualified applicants regardless of race Three years after the meeting and one year after the University of Georgia's violent integration Georgia Tech became the first university in the Deep South to desegregate without a court order There was little reaction to this by Tech students; like the city of Atlanta described by former Mayor William Hartsfield they seemed "too busy to hate" in the 1967-68 academic year 28 students out of 7,526 were black in 1968 William Peace became the first black instructor and Marle Carter became the first black member of the homecoming court in 1964 Dr Calvin Huey became the first black player to play at Bobby Dodd stadium when he took the field for Navy the first black person to play for Georgia Tech was Eddie McAshan in 1970, Historical population 39 Rick Kranitz (pitching). . Main article: Ivan Allen Jr Braves Museum and Hall of Fame An Atlanta-born Baptist minister who was part of the educated middle class that had developed in Atlanta's African-American community Martin Luther King Jr emerged as a national leader in the civil rights movement King joined with others to form the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) in Atlanta in 1957 to provide political leadership for the Civil Rights Movement across the South.
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