United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.387981965Ivan 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.Photograph of Ivan Allen Jr. He is shown making a "V for victory" sign with his right hand. Allen 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.image/jpeghttp://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/ivan-allen-jr-1911-2003Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopediahttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/ivan-allen-jr-1911-2003Forms part of: New Georgia EncyclopediaMayors--Georgia--AtlantaPoliticians--Georgia--AtlantaV symbolMen--Georgia--AtlantaAllen, Ivan, 1911-2003Ivan Allen Jr., 1965StillImage