. Uruguay (14) Stadium firsts The Atlanta Regional Commission is so far the closest that the area has come to a metropolitan government it approves only those projects deemed to have a positive effect beyond the immediate area in which they are to be constructed the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority is somewhat of a cross between ARC and MARTA working to improve mobility air quality and land use practices in the region GRTA also operates Xpress buses from 11 counties and could operate commuter rail service in the future Currently plans for commuter rail and eventual intercity rail (including the long-proposed but still unfunded Atlanta Multimodal Passenger Terminal) are the responsibility of the Georgia Rail Passenger Authority which receives almost no funding. 3 Services Main article: Climate of Atlanta, 46/8 76/24 Imperial conversion 1.1 The General Assembly in Savannah, The Atlanta Regional Commission is so far the closest that the area has come to a metropolitan government it approves only those projects deemed to have a positive effect beyond the immediate area in which they are to be constructed the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority is somewhat of a cross between ARC and MARTA working to improve mobility air quality and land use practices in the region GRTA also operates Xpress buses from 11 counties and could operate commuter rail service in the future Currently plans for commuter rail and eventual intercity rail (including the long-proposed but still unfunded Atlanta Multimodal Passenger Terminal) are the responsibility of the Georgia Rail Passenger Authority which receives almost no funding. 3 Municipalities Atlanta Falcons Football NFL Mercedes-Benz Stadium (71,000) 1966 N/A 0 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.
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