Atlanta is also served by several other freeways in addition to the interstate highways including:, Main article: History of Georgia Tech 2 SunTrust Plaza 871 (265) 60 1992 77th-tallest building in the world 25th-tallest in the U.S; Georgia was the 4th state to ratify the United States Constitution! 12 Notable people 2 Clearcutting 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.
1.2 Middle colonies Lakewood Freeway or Georgia 166 extends between Lakewood Park in south Atlanta and Campbellton Road just west of I-285. 1.2 Middle colonies The General Assembly approved creation of the city in 2005 and for this case it suspended an existing state law that prohibited new cities (the only type of municipality in the state) from being within three miles (4.8 km) of an existing one the citizens of Sandy Springs voted 94% in favor of ratifying the city charter in a referendum held on June 21 2005 the new city was officially incorporated later that year at midnight on December 1, John Smoltz Georgia 138.svg State Route 138. . . . Georgia 42 Spur.svg State Route 42 Spur, Warren Spahn Clayton (1,658/sq mi) Water is provided by various county and a few city systems Several of these systems actually serve parts of neighboring counties and cities as well the Cobb-Marietta Water Authority serves not only Cobb but also parts of neighboring Paulding and Cherokee counties for example During drought or other emergency cities and counties can enact outdoor water-use restrictions however some cross-jurisdiction water systems have also acted to put bans in place in late September 2007 the state Environmental Protection Division of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources stepped-in with its first-ever ban covering most of the northern half of the state While surface water is by far the primary source of water for the region the drought had many systems (and a few wealthy homeowners) drilling new wells for ground water though the local water table is around 400 feet (120 m) deep on average. Notable incidents 100 2518, 1790-1960 1900-1990 The 1853 Union Station shortly before Union troops destroyed it in 1864. 35/2 65/18 Libya (5), Fulton (1,741/sq mi), 5 Population Topography and geology According to the 2010 United States Census Georgia had a population of 9,687,653 in terms of race and ethnicity the state was 59.7% White (55.9% Non-Hispanic White alone) 30.5% Black or African American 0.3% American Indian or Alaska Native 3.2% Asian 0.1% Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander 4.0% from some other race and 2.1% from two or more races Hispanics and Latinos of any race made up 8.8% of the population.
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