Ivan Allen Jr., 1965

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Ivan Allen Jr. served as mayor of Atlanta from 1962 to 1970. He is credited with leading the city through an era of significant physical and economic growth and with maintaining calm during the civil rights movement. In 1965 he persuaded the Braves to move to Atlanta from Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Courtesy of Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Ivan Allen Jr., 1965

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