Andrew Jackson Young Jr. is an American politician,diplomat,and activist. Beginning his career as a pastor,Young was an early leader in the civil rights movement,serving as executive director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and a close confidant to Martin Luther King Jr. Young later became active in politics,serving as a U.S. Congressman from Georgia,United States Ambassador to the United Nations in the Carter Administration,and 55th Mayor of Atlanta. He was the first African American elected to Congress from Georgia since Reconstruction,as well as one of the first two African Americans elected to Congress from the former Confederacy since Reconstruction,alongside Barbara Jordan of Texas. Since leaving office,Young has founded or served in many organizations working on issues of public policy and political lobbying.
Christian Archibald Herter was an American diplomat and Republican politician who was the 59th Governor of Massachusetts from 1953 to 1957 and United States Secretary of State from 1959 to 1961. He served as president of the board of trustees at the Dexter School from 1937 to 1939. His moderate tone of negotiations was confronted by the intensity of Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev in a series of unpleasant episodes that turned the Cold War even colder in 1960–61.
Jesse M. Martin was best known as the acting governor of the U.S. state of Arkansas from January 11,1909,to January 14,1909. Senator Martin served as Acting Governor of Arkansas for three days until the inauguration of Governor George W. Donaghey.
Zell Bryan Miller was an American politician who served as a United States senator representing Georgia from 2000 to 2005 and as the 79th governor of Georgia from 1991 to 1999. He was a member of the Democratic Party.
Morehouse College is a private historically Black men's liberal arts college in Atlanta,Georgia. Anchored by its main campus of 61 acres (25 ha) near Downtown Atlanta,the college has a variety of residential dorms and academic buildings east of Ashview Heights. Along with Spelman College,Clark Atlanta University,and the Morehouse School of Medicine,the college is a member of the Atlanta University Center consortium. Founded by William Jefferson White in 1867 in response to the liberation of enslaved African-Americans following the American Civil War,Morehouse stressed religious instruction in the Baptist tradition. Growth in the mid-20th century led to strengthened finances,increased enrollment,and more academic competitiveness. The college has played a key role in the development of the civil rights movement and racial equality in the United States.
John Hardy Isakson was an American businessman and politician who served as a United States senator from Georgia from 2005 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party,he previously served in the Georgia legislature and the United States House of Representatives.
Howell Cobb was an American and later Confederate political figure. A southern Democrat,Cobb was a five-term member of the United States House of Representatives and the speaker of the House from 1849 to 1851. He also served as the 40th governor of Georgia (1851–1853) and as a secretary of the treasury under President James Buchanan (1857–1860).
Roy Eugene Barnes is an American attorney and politician who served as the 80th governor of Georgia from 1999 to 2003. As of 2023,he is the most recent Democrat to serve as governor of Georgia.
Samuel Ernest Vandiver Jr. was an American Democratic Party politician who was the 73rd governor of Georgia from 1959 to 1963.
Samuel Marvin Griffin,Sr. was an American politician from the U.S. state of Georgia.
Lera Catharine "Cathy" Cox is an American academic administrator and former lawyer,politician,and journalist. She is President of Georgia College &State University. Cox,a member of the Democratic Party,previously served as Secretary of State of Georgia,a candidate for Governor of Georgia in 2006,Dean of Walter F. George School of Law at Mercer University,and as the 21st president of Young Harris College.
Ivan Earnest Allen Jr.,was an American businessman who served two terms as the 52nd mayor of Atlanta,during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s.
The Democratic Governors Association (DGA) is a Washington,D.C.-based 527 organization founded in 1983,consisting of U.S. state and territorial governors affiliated with the Democratic Party. The mission of the organization is to provide party support to the election and re-election of Democratic gubernatorial candidates. The DGA's Republican counterpart is the Republican Governors Association. The DGA is not directly affiliated with the non-partisan National Governors Association. Meghan Meehan-Draper is currently the executive director of the DGA,while Tim Walz is the current chair.
The Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs is a graduate school at the University of Texas at Austin that was founded in 1970 to offer training in public policy analysis and administration for students that are very interested in pursuing careers in government and public affairs-related areas of the private and nonprofit sectors. Degree programs include a Master of Public Affairs (MPAff),a mid-career MPAff sequence,16 MPAff dual degree programs,a Master of Global Policy Studies (MGPS),eight MGPS dual degree programs,an Executive Master of Public Leadership,and a Ph.D. in public policy. The LBJ School is currently ranked 7th among public affairs programs in 2022 by U.S. News &World Report,up from 8th in 2021.
The Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University houses the Criminal Justice &Criminology,Economics,School of Social Work,Urban Studies and Public Management &Policy departments. Georgia State University is the largest university in the state of Georgia.
Eric Tanenblatt is a U.S. Republican Party activist from the state of Georgia. He was a presidential elector in 2000 and 2004. He later served as Chief of Staff to Governor Sonny Perdue. Tanenblatt is currently a principal and head of the public policy practice at the global law firm of Dentons US LLP.
Jason James Carter is an American lawyer and politician from the state of Georgia. Carter served in the Georgia State Senate from 2010 to 2015 and was the Democratic Party nominee for governor of Georgia in the 2014 election. Carter's paternal grandfather is former U.S. President and Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter.
John Marshall Slaton served two non-consecutive terms as the 60th Governor of Georgia. His political career was ended in 1915 after he commuted the death sentence of Atlanta factory boss Leo Frank,who had been convicted for the murder of a 13-year-old employee,Mary Phagan. Because of Slaton's law firm partnership with Frank's defense counsel,claims were made that Slaton's involvement raised a conflict of interest. Soon after Slaton's action,Frank was lynched. After Slaton's term as governor ended,he and his wife left the state for a decade. Slaton later served as president of the Georgia State Bar Association.
Park Elizabeth Cannon is an American politician from the state of Georgia. She is a member of the Georgia House of Representatives,representing the 58th district,and a member of the Democratic Party.
Silas Xavier Floyd was an African-American educator,preacher,and journalist. Active in Augusta,Georgia,he was a writer and editor at the Augusta Sentinel and later wrote for the Augusta Chronicle. In 1892 he co-founded the Negro Press Association of Georgia. He was pastor at Augusta's Tabernacle Baptist Church and was a prominent agent of the International Sunday School Convention. He was also a public school principal and an officer of the National Association of Teachers in Colored Schools.
