Question

Question 2

Choose the Georgia leader that BEST identifies the statement being described:
This Georgia Governor openly supported the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and was an early advocate of Atlanta's commuter rail line, M.A.R.T.A.​

Answer 1

Governor Ellis Gibbs Arnall (March 20, 1907 – December 13, 1992)

Step-by-step explanation:

Governor Ellis Gibbs Arnall was an American politician who served as the 69th Governor of Georgia. As a liberal Democrat, he helped lead efforts to abolish the poll tax and to reduce Georgia's voting age to 18.

Arnall's reforms won him attention from the national press as a result of series of reforms which he intiated and executed. Additionally, he was a proponent of civil rights, argued that African Americans should be able to vote in the state's primary election in Georgia.