1808—First temperance society formed by Dr. Billy J. Clark and Rev. Lebbeus Armstrong in Moreau, NY
1814—The American Tract Society founded as the New England Tract Society
1816—African Methodist Episcopal Church’s first General Conference
1825—Reverend Lyman Beecher preaches Six Sermons on the Nature, Occasions, Signs, Evil, and Remedy of Intemperance
1826—American Temperance Society founded
1830–1831—Charles Finney’s Rochester, NY, revival
1832—American Baptist Home Mission Society founded
1836—American Temperance Union organized on the teetotal principle
1846—American Missionary Association founded
1851—Maine passes first statewide prohibition law
1865—National Temperance Society and Publication House founded
AME missionary William Gaines arrives in Atlanta and organizes Bethel AME
The first AMA missionary, Frederick Ayer, arrives in Atlanta
1866—Storrs School opened by the American Missionary Association
1867—Frederick Ayer organizes first temperance society in Black Atlanta in the Storrs School
1869—Atlanta University opened by the American Missionary AssociationNational Prohibition Party founded
1870—First Odd Fellows Lodge organized in Black Atlanta
1871—First Prince Hall Masonic Lodge organized in Black Atlanta
1873—First True Reformer Fountain organized in Black Atlanta
1874—Woman’s Christian Temperance Union founded
1875—First Good Samaritans lodge organized in Black Atlanta
1877—Clark University opened by the Methodist Freedmen’s Aid Society
1879—Atlanta Baptist Seminary opens
1880—The South’s first Colored WCTU chapter established in Atlanta
1881—Spelman Seminary opened by the Women’s American Baptist
Home Mission Society Missions organizations meet to plan a freedpeople-focused temperance campaign
Frances E. Willard’s Southern tour
Georgia Temperance Convention held in Atlanta
1885—Georgia Temperance Convention held in Atlanta
Passage of Georgia’s General Local Option Law
Morris Brown College opened by the AME Church
Fulton County’s first local option election, prohibition approved (November 25)
1887—Fulton County’s second local option election, prohibition overturned (November 26)
1888—Consultation Convention of Leading Colored Men of Georgia held in Macon, GA
1906—Atlanta Race Riot
1908—State prohibition begins in Georgia (January 1)