! During the Cold War era Atlanta followed global modernist trends especially with regards to office towers and commercial buildings Examples of modernist architecture include the Westin Peachtree Plaza (1976) Georgia-Pacific Tower (1982) the State of Georgia Building (1966) and the Atlanta Marriott Marquis (1985), Main article: High-speed rail 5.1 Slaves With white Democrats having regained power in the state legislature they passed a poll tax in 1877 which disenfranchised many poor blacks and whites preventing them from registering in 1908 the state established a white primary; with the only competitive contests within the Democratic Party it was another way to exclude blacks from politics They constituted 46.7% of the state's population in 1900 but the proportion of Georgia's population that was African American dropped thereafter to 28% primarily due to tens of thousands leaving the state during the Great Migration According to the Equal Justice Institute's 2015 report on lynching in the United States (1877-1950) Georgia had 531 deaths the second-highest total of these extralegal executions of any state in the South the overwhelming number of victims were black and male Political disfranchisement persisted through the mid-1960s until after Congress passed the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
. Annual rainfall within Australia's humid subtropical climate zone can reach as high as 2,000 millimetres (79 in) in coastal locations and is generally 1,000 millimetres (39 in) or above the most intense 2-3 day rainfall periods that occur in this coastal zone however are the outcome of east coast lows forming to the north of a large high pressure system there can be great variation in rainfall amounts from year to year as a result of these systems as an example Lismore which lies in the centre of this zone the annual rainfall can range from less than 550 millimetres (22 in) in 1915 to more than 2,780 millimetres (109 in) in 1950, Vietnamese 0.44% Finland (76) Georgia Tech's Evening School of Commerce began holding classes in 1912 the evening school admitted its first female student in 1917 although the state legislature did not officially authorize attendance by women until 1920 Annie T Wise became the first female graduate in 1919 and was Georgia Tech's first female faculty member the following year in 1931 the Board of Regents transferred control of the Evening School of Commerce to the University of Georgia (UGA) and moved the civil and electrical engineering courses at UGA to Tech Tech replaced the commerce school with what later became the College of Business the commerce school would later split from UGA and eventually become Georgia State University in 1934 the Engineering Experiment Station (later known as the Georgia Tech Research Institute) was founded by W Harry Vaughan with an initial budget of $5,000 (equivalent to $93,644 in 2018) and 13 part-time faculty. . 2.6 Campus services A British Rail Class 802 between London and Edinburgh in the United Kingdom A one-story brick building with grey concrete stairs in the center leading to a door with a column on either side of it There are three long windows on each side of the building. U.S News & World Report 69 91 2717, 10.2 TV The Midtown Alliance a group of volunteers employees and business and community members was formed in 1978 in order to work towards improving the overall quality of life in Midtown and transform it into an ideal place for people to actively live work and play Activities of the Alliance include improving the neighborhood safety developing area arts and education programs and building community leaders the master plan from the Alliance called Blueprint Midtown is credited with fueling the economic resurgence that has helped the once downtrodden Midtown area transform over the past number of years into a popular neighborhood.
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