[1] Banks went to Our Lady of Lourdes Atlanta, then attended Turner High School after her father became principal there.
[5] Banks's aunt Annette Lucille Hall was the first black person to enroll at Georgia State University.
[6] Initially, Banks planned to study fashion design at either UCLA or Pratt Institute, but she agreed to attend Clark University, her parents' alma mater, for a year.
[11] During her tenure, Banks sponsored legislation to ban AK-47 assault rifles, and also was in office during the Atlanta child murders from 1979 through 1981.
[12] During Freaknik in the early 1990s, Banks was opposed to mayor Bill Campbell's plans to block off neighborhoods and stop wild behavior, worried the tactics could spark violence.
[15] Banks converted to Catholicism when she turned eighteen; she attended Saint Paul of the Cross in Atlanta.
[8] Banks's ex-husband was in the United States Army Ordnance Corps and served in the Vietnam War.