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Georgia History Timeline / Chronology 1951
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| January 20, 1951 |
Governor Eugene Talmadge attempts to fight integration by asking the legislature to withhold funds from schools which admit black students
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| February 17, 1951 |
I'd Climb the Highest Mountain, a movie based on a book of the same title by famed Georgia writer Cora Harris, starring Susan Hayward, William Lundigan and Rory Calhoun, is released. It was filmed in Georgia, including extensive work in White County (Helen, Cleveland and Nora Mills)
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White County, Georgia |
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Movies filmed in Georgia
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| February 20, 1951 |
Georgia ratifies the 22th Amendment to the Constitution (Presidential term limits)
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Georgia, the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the United States Constitution
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| April 12, 1951 |
[circa] Mary Ball Tinius becomes the first woman to be seated on a jury in Georgia, in White County, Georgia. Legislation had not yet passed allowing women jurors |
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White County, Georgia |
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Women allowed on jury duty |
| May 3, 1951 |
Senator Russell opens hearings on President Harry Truman's removal of Douglas MacArthur. The committee chose not to issue a report, defusing a potentially politically dangerous situation for Truman.
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Richard B. Russell, Jr. |
| May 8, 1951 |
Martin Luther King graduates from Crozer Theological Seminary in Chester, Pennsylvania with a divinity degree
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Martin Luther King
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| November 20, 1951 |
Hank Aaron signed by Indianapolis Clowns, a team in the old Negro Leagues. He is one of the reasons they win the 1952 Negro Leagues World Series
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Hank Aaron
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