Georgia

After three years of informal leadership and organization under Richard Robert Wright, Sr., the Georgia Teachers Association was officially founded in 1880. The aim of the organization was to secure equal privileges for all children regardless of their race or color. In 1917, a parallel association formed, called the Georgia Association for the Advancement of Education Among Negroes (GAAE). In 1921, the GAAE and the GTA formally consolidated and formed the Georgia Teachers and Education Association (GTEA), which became the longest running teacher association in the state. The GTEA merged with the Georgia Education Association (GEA) in 1970.

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Rising in the Sun: a History of the Georgia Teachers and Education Association, 1918-1966

by History Committee and Consultants of Georgia Teachers and Education Association

Published 1966

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Publication

The Herald (1929-1969)

Headquarters

Wilcox Building, Georgia State College
250 Auburn Avenue N.E., Atlanta, GA (1952-1954)
201 Ashby Street, N.W., Fulton, Atlanta, GA 30314 (1954-1968)

Presidents

GTA Presidents

Richard Robert Wright Sr. (1878-1882)
H.L. Walker (1882-1892)
Richard Robert Wright Sr. (1892-1894)
William H. Spencer (1894 -1895)
William E. Holmes (1895-1898)
L.S. Clark (1898-1902)
Professor Suggs (1902-?)
D.J. Jordan (1907-?)
Miriam W. Reddick (1913-1918)
John Hope

GAAE Presidents

Henry A. Hunt (1917-1921)

Consolidation Period Presidents (1921-1923)

Henry A. Hunt (GAAE)
W.D. Thomas (GTA)

GTEA Presidents

Cyrus Gilbert Wiley (1923-1928)
Joseph Winthrop Holley (1928-1930)
Henry A. Hunt (1930-1934)
F.R. Lampkin (1934-1936)
Mrs. M. Agnes Jones (1936-1938)
Benjamin F. Hubert (1938-1940)
James L. Grant (1940-1942)
C. L. Harper (1942-1944)
I. E. Washington (1944-1946)
E. J. Granberry (1946-1948)
R. J. Martin (1948-1950)
Homer T. Edwards (1950-1952)
Joseph S. Wilkerson (1952-1954)
Lucius T. Bacote (1954-1956)
Horace E. Tate (1956-1958)
Charles L. Butler (1958-1960)
John W. Lawton (1960-1962)
James C. Reese (1962-1964)
Frederick D. Browne (1964-1966)
James Hawes, Jr. (1966-1968)
Charlie A. Hicks (1968-1970)

Executive Secretaries

F.R. Lampkin (1930-1932), H. A Hunt (Editor), Vincent H. Harris (Managing Editor)
Vincent H. Harris (1932-1936), Horace M. Bond (Editor)
C.L. Harper (1944-1954), Aaron Brown (Editor)
Lucius Pitts (1954-1960), Edward J. Odom, Jr. (Editor)
Horace E. Tate (1962-1970),Mrs. J.M. Drake (Associate Editor)