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Georgia History Timeline / Chronology 1957
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| January 11, 1957 |
Martin Luther King, Ralph Abernathy, Fred Shuttlesworth, Bayrd Rustin and others meet to form the group that will become the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. King becomes its president and Abernathy becomes treasurer
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Martin Luther King
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Ralph David Abernathy, Jr. |
| February 14, 1957 |
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference is founded, with Martin Luther King as its leader.
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Martin Luther King
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| February 24, 1957 |
About 100 members of the Ku Klux Klan visit Koinonia Farms after a Sumter County newspaper erroneously reports that the owner endorsed the applications of two black men to Georgia State College of Business Administration (now Georgia State College). They advice the owners it would be a good time to leave the county
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| February 28, 1957 |
Cindy Wilson, lead singer of the B-52's, born in Athens
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| March 1, 1957 |
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars airs The Life You Save, starring Gene Kelly, Agnes Moorehead and Janice Rule. It is written by Flannery O' Connor
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Flannery O'Connor |
| April 5, 1957 |
Tornadoes strike Lamar, Schley, Macon, Peach, Warren, Columbia, Colquitt, Ware, and Chatham counties, killing 2 and injuring 6, with more than a million dollars in damage.
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Colquitt County, Georgia |
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Columbia County, Georgia |
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Georgia Tornadoes |
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Lamar County, Georgia |
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Schley County, Georgia |
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Macon County, Georgia |
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Peach County, Georgia |
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Warren County, Georgia |
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Ware County, Georgia |
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Chatham County, Georgia |
| May 13, 1957 |
State of Georgia approves $250,000 to improve land purchased by the city of Calhoun and Gordon County and donated to the state. The land was the site of the first capital of the Cherokee Nation, New Echota.
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Gordon County, Georgia |
| June 18, 1957 |
The U. S. House passes Civil Rights legislation proposed by the Eisenhower administration, and backed by the President himself.
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The Road to Integration
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| July 2, 1957 |
Senator Richard B. Russell speaks on the floor of the U. S. Senate in an attempt to weaken the Civil Rights bill now under consideration. The senator claims the bill will unfairly "punish The South" and claims that President Eisenhower does not understand the full implications of the bill.
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Richard B. Russell, Jr. |
| July 3, 1957 |
President Eisenhower says he wants to study some of the provisions of the Civil Rights bill.
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Richard B. Russell, Jr. |
| July 10, 1957 |
Senator Russell meets with President Eisenhower about the pending Civil Rights legislation
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Richard B. Russell, Jr. |
| August 7, 1957 |
The Senate passes the 1957 Civil Rights Bill. Because of differences between the House and Senate version, the bill goes to committee.
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The Road to Integration
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| August 7, 1957 |
Oliver Hardy, comedy actor who was born in Harlem and raised in Madison, dies from a cerebral thrombosis.
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Oliver Hardy |
| August 29, 1957 |
The 1957 Civil Right Act is passed in the Senate by a vote of 60 to 15. It was the first Civil Rights legislation passed in the United States in 79 years.
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The Road to Integration
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| August 30, 1957 |
The Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis merges with the L&N
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| October 5, 1957 |
Hank Aaron is named National League MVP.
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Hank Aaron
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| October 9, 1957 |
Dedication of the completed Lake Lanier dam. |
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Lake Lanier |
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Sidney Lanier |
| November 26, 1957 |
Robins Air Force Base controllers reported a silver, cigar shaped object that hovered for 8 minutes, then suddenly vanished
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