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View of a meeting between Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) officials, including Jesse Hill, Jr., a prominent Atlanta businessman and a member of the MARTA board of directors, and a coalition of black elected officials and community activists, including Southern Christian Leadership Conference President Joseph E. Lowery (right, with glasses), to discuss overall service and black employment by the transit authority, in Atlanta, Georgia.The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) is the principle rapid transit system for the city of Atlanta, and outlying counties. MARTA was established in 1965 by an act of the Georgia General Assembly. In 1972 MARTA purchased the Atlanta Transit System and took control of the area's bus transportation. Construction began on a rapid rail system in 1975 with the first rail service commencing in 1979.

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Atlanta History Center

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Digital Library of Georgia

Keywords

  1. Activists
  2. African Americans
  3. Atlanta
  4. Business People
  5. Civil Rights
  6. Civil Rights Leaders
  7. Clergy
  8. Eyeglasses
  9. Georgia
  10. Hill, Jesse, 1927
  11. Lowery, Joseph, 1921
  12. Meetings
  13. Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority
  14. Southern Christian Leadership Conference
  15. Transportation

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