Whereas, in July 1881, a washerwoman strike of mostly Black women was one of the first major examples of the impact of Black labor in Atlanta and the power of coordinated, nonviolent organizing; Whereas, in 1909, Atlanta University Professor W.E.B. Du Bois was one of the founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; Whereas, on January 15, 1929, civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was born in Atlanta; Whereas, in 1946, African-American community leaders in Atlanta established the All Citizen’s Registration Committee (ACRC) to register voters and increase involvement in the political process; Whereas, in 1948, 8 African-American officers were hired to the Atlanta Police Department, desegregating the city’s police force; Whereas, in 1949, the Atlanta Negro Voters League (ANVL) was founded to coordinate political advocacy and bolster the power of African-American voters; Whereas, in 1956, Atlanta was the site of the Sugar Bowl Riots , when Pittsburgh Panthers football player Bobby Grier became the first African American to play in a bowl game in the Deep South; Whereas, in 1957, Dr. King and Ralph David Abernathy formed the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) to develop and implement nonviolent protest strategies and advance the fight for equal voting rights; Whereas, on October 12, 1958, the Hebrew Benevolent Congregation Temple was bombed by White supremacists due to Rabbi Jacob Rothschild, the Temple’s Rabbi, and its congregation’s active and vocal support for civil rights and integration; Whereas, in 1959, local activism led to the desegregation of Atlanta public transit services; Whereas, in 1960, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was headquartered in Atlanta and chaired by the honorable John Lewis, to focus the energy and efforts of students participating in the civil rights movement