| December 0, 1922 |
Georgia Normal College is renamed to State College for Women
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| February 7, 1922 |
Farish Carter Tate dies, Jasper
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| February 28, 1922 |
Georgia Railway and Power licenses the radio call letters WGM
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| March 15, 1922 |
Broadcasting to an estimated 1,000 radio sets in the Atlanta area, WSB (Welcome South, Brother) becomes the first radio station in the South. The Atlanta Journal had received permission to begin broadcasting that afternoon. Those tuned in heard a jazz redition of the Light Cavalry Overture. Broadcast power was 100 watts
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
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WSB Atlanta |
| March 17, 1922 |
The radio station that will become WGST goes on the air. It is owned by The Atlanta Constitution
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
| June 7, 1922 |
Macon's WMAZ broadcasts the graduation of Mercer University. Although the station had operated since the Fall of 1921, it was considered experimental
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City of Macon, Georgia |
| June 13, 1922 |
Atlanta's WSB raises its broadcast power to 500 watts
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
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WSB Atlanta |
| June 15, 1922 |
Marcus Garvey meets with the Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, Edward Young Clarke, in Atlanta.
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
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Ku Klux Klan in Georgia |
| September 2, 1922 |
Margaret Mitchell marries Red Upshaw. The marriage will end in a divorce.
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Margaret Mitchell |
| September 26, 1922 |
U. S. Senator Thomas Watson dies of a cerebral hemorrhage in Chevy Chase, Maryland |
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Thomas Edward 'Tom' Watson |
| October 30, 1922 |
Democratic Governor of Georgia Thomas Hardwick appoints the first woman to the U. S. Senate, Rebecca Latimer Felton. She replaced Tom Watson.
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Thomas Edward 'Tom' Watson |
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Rebecca Latimer Felton |
| November 21, 1922 |
Rebecca Latimer Felton, publisher, writer, and journalist becomes the first woman to serve in the U. S. Senate.
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Rebecca Latimer Felton |
