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Alonzo Herndon - New Georgia Encyclopedia
May 27, 2021 - As founder and first president of Atlanta Life Insurance Company, Alonzo Herndon displayed a leadership that blended ideals of racial self-help and independent...
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The LeFevres - New Georgia Encyclopedia
Jun 3, 2019 - For more than fifty years, from the 1920s through the 1970s, the LeFevre family was one of the best-known acts performing southern gospel music. Although the...
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Architects - New Georgia Encyclopedia
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Dress and Bonnet - New Georgia Encyclopedia
Jun 28, 2021 - Dress and Bonnet by Carol Burks is part of Georgia's State Art Collection. According to Burks, "English smocking is decorative embroidery that is worked on...
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New Georgia Encyclopedia
Mar 3, 2025 - Georgia's rich history, diverse culture, and still-unfolding story is revealed on NGE - the first born-digital state encyclopedia.
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https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/king-papers/m-10465/
King Papers - New Georgia Encyclopedia
May 27, 2021 - Atlanta mayor Shirley Franklin (second from left) examines a display of Martin Luther King Jr.'s papers at Sotheby's auction house in New York City. Franklin...
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The Blind - New Georgia Encyclopedia
Jun 28, 2021 - The Blind (1968) by Carlos Coffeen-Serpas is part of Georgia's State Art Collection. Ink, 23 x 18 inches
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Water Resources - New Georgia Encyclopedia
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Okefenokee Swamp Folklore - New Georgia Encyclopedia
May 27, 2021 - During the 1800s the Okefenokee Swamp region had one of the smallest African American populations in the state. After the Civil War more Blacks were drawn to...
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Michael Roden - New Georgia Encyclopedia
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Alfredo Barili - New Georgia Encyclopedia
Jun 4, 2018 - In 1880 the Italian-born pianist Alfredo Barili became the first professional musician to move to Atlanta, where he played a major role in establishing the...
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Camden County Courthouse - New Georgia Encyclopedia
May 27, 2021 - The Camden County courthouse in Woodbine was built in 1928 and is the only Gothic revival courthouse in Georgia.
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https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/business-economy/atlanta-life-insurance-company/
Atlanta Life Insurance Company - New Georgia Encyclopedia
Nov 29, 2023 - The Atlanta Life Insurance Company, with headquarters on Atlanta’s historic Sweet Auburn Avenue, has been in existence since 1905. Founded by Alonzo Herndon, a...
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Indigo Girls - New Georgia Encyclopedia
Jun 25, 2024 - The Indigo Girls are a folk-rock duo from Atlanta known for their inventive blend of Appalachian, pop, and rock influences. Emily Saliers was born July 22,...
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Oglethorpe County Courthouse - New Georgia Encyclopedia
May 27, 2021 - The Oglethorpe County Courthouse stands at the corner of Gilmer and Main streets in Lexington. Built in 1887, the courthouse is designed in the Romanesque...
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Savannah-Ogeechee Canal - New Georgia Encyclopedia
Sep 20, 2021 - Completed in 1829, the Savannah-Ogeechee Canal facilitated the growth of Savannah's economy. This photograph captures the canal between 1888 and 1889, after it...
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Lookout Mountain - New Georgia Encyclopedia
May 27, 2021 - Lookout Mountain, located in Dade County, is part of the Appalachian Plateau geologic province. Georgia shares the mountain with Alabama and Tennessee.
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Quinlan Visual Arts Center - New Georgia Encyclopedia
Aug 5, 2013 - The Quinlan Visual Arts Center in Gainesville is a nonprofit, comprehensive center for the visual arts. Since it was established in the mid-1940s, the Quinlan...
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Gray v. Sanders - New Georgia Encyclopedia
Jul 17, 2020 - Chief Justice Earl Warren once said that the most important judicial rulings of his tenure were not the momentous school-desegregation decisions, but the U.S....
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Superfund Site - New Georgia Encyclopedia
May 27, 2021 - Hercules Inc. in Brunswick, pictured in 2004, is an active chemical processing plant. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency identified the plant as a...
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Dalton, 1950s - New Georgia Encyclopedia
May 27, 2021 - Downtown Dalton, the seat of Whitfield County, is pictured in the 1950s. In the years following World War II (1941-45), the city experienced an economic boom...
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John Wesley Dobbs - New Georgia Encyclopedia
Apr 11, 2021 - Often referred to as the unofficial mayor of Auburn Avenue, John Wesley Dobbs was one of several distinguished African American civic and political leaders who...
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Outdoor Recreation & Attractions - New Georgia Encyclopedia
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Atlanta Gas Light Company - New Georgia Encyclopedia
May 19, 2026 - One of Georgia’s oldest companies, Atlanta Gas Light has provided gas light, heat, and power to many of Atlanta’s homes.
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Spud Chandler - New Georgia Encyclopedia
Jul 14, 2021 - Georgia native “Spud” Chandler was one of the best pitchers in the American League from 1937 to 1947, when he won 109 games and lost only 43. Playing his...
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Spirit of St. Louis - New Georgia Encyclopedia
May 27, 2021 - Charles Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis lands on the grass runway at Candler Field on October 11, 1927. The day was cloudy and rainy but that did not deter...
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Southern Regional Technical College - New Georgia Encyclopedia
Oct 20, 2015 - In July 2015 Moultrie Technical College and Southwest Georgia Technical College consolidated operations to form a new institution called Southern Regional...
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SS8H4 - New Georgia Encyclopedia
Sep 2, 2021 - Explain significant factors that affected westward expansion in Georgia between 1789 and 1840. a. Explain reasons for the establishment of the University of...
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Soldiers with the Accused - New Georgia Encyclopedia
May 21, 2026 - The October 25, 1912, edition of the Atlanta Georgian featured an article on the hanging of Oscar Daniels and Ernest Knox. Soldiers were brought in to guard...
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Pot - New Georgia Encyclopedia
Jun 23, 2021 - Pot by Charles Counts is part of Georgia's State Art Collection.
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Caroline Miller - New Georgia Encyclopedia
May 27, 2021 - Caroline Miller won the Pulitzer Prize and France's Prix Femina for her first novel, Lamb in His Bosom (1933).
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James Oglethorpe - New Georgia Encyclopedia
May 27, 2021 - James Edward Oglethorpe is credited with founding Georgia. The first group of British settlers landed at the site of the planned town, then known as Yamacraw...
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Scott Wilson - New Georgia Encyclopedia
Jun 10, 2019 - In an acting career spanning four decades, Georgia native Scott Wilson played lead and supporting roles in more than fifty motion pictures and in a number of...
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Westville - New Georgia Encyclopedia
May 27, 2021 - Historic Westville's interpretive strategy asks the visitor to "travel back in time" to the year 1850. Activities take place against the backdrop of an...
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Steamboat - New Georgia Encyclopedia
May 27, 2021 - The steamboat Getrude, laden with barrels of turpentine, passes a crowd on the banks of the Flint River near Bainbridge, 1910.
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Flying Trucks - New Georgia Encyclopedia
May 29, 2013 - An innovative technology under development by Georgia researchers could improve the fuel efficiency of tractor-trailer trucks worldwide while making the big...
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Agricultural Adjustment Act - New Georgia Encyclopedia
Dec 14, 2020 - The Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) was a federal law passed in 1933 as part of U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal. The law offered farmers...
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Will Getz - New Georgia Encyclopedia
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Jenkins Family - New Georgia Encyclopedia
May 27, 2021 - The Jenkins Family (clockwise from left: Jane Walden Eskew Jenkins, Irene Eskew Spain, Mary Lee Eskew, and Andrew Jenkins) presented their first program over...
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Sunbeam Bread - New Georgia Encyclopedia
May 27, 2021 - Early Sunbeam bread packaging featuring the "Little Miss Sunbeam" logo. First introduced in 1942, it quickly became one of America's most well-known logos and...
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Chattahoochee River - New Georgia Encyclopedia
May 27, 2021 - The Chattahoochee River is a popular recreation spot for canoers, kayakers, and tubers.
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Food & Beverage - New Georgia Encyclopedia
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