Allen was born in Atlanta on March 15, 1911, the only son of Ivan Allen Sr., the founder of the Ivan Allen Company, an office products company, and Irene Beaumont Allen.

What did Ivan Allen do?

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.

Was Ivan Allen Jr a segregationist?

International Civil Rights: Walk of Fame – Ivan Allen. In the 1960s, former staunch segregationist Ivan Allen, Jr. became a moderate on racial issues and began to work quietly to help end segregation.