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Stretching less than two miles east of Peachtree Street, Auburn Avenue was the commercial, cultural, and spiritual center of African-American life in Atlanta before the Civil Rights Movement. "Sweet Auburn" boasted a…

Herman Talmadge, son of Eugene Talmadge, served as Governor of Georgia for a brief period in early 1947 and again from 1948 to 1954. In 1956 Talmadge was elected to the United States Senate, where he served until defeated in…

Thomas RR Cobb was one of the foremost legal authorities in antebellum Georgia and the most outspoken advocates of slavery and secession from the Union. He fought for the Confederacy as a brigadier general and was killed at the…

Sequoyah, or Sequoia (both spellings were given by missionaries, but in Cherokee the name is closer to Sikwayi or Sogwali), also called George Gist or George Guess, was the legendary creator of the Cherokee syllabary. Born in a…

Millard Fuller and his wife, Linda, founded Habitat for Humanity International in 1976. Now an international organization, Habitat is a Christian ministry that seeks to provide decent housing to those who cannot afford it through…

Italian-born artist Athos Menaboni arrived in Georgia in the late 1920s and remained active until his death at the age of ninety-four. Early in his career, he focused primarily on painting murals and creating other decorative…

A number of significant historical events occurred in Georgia during the month of July. 1700-1749 1733 The founders of Congregation Mickve Israel, the oldest Jewish congregation in the South, arrived in Savannah. 1742 The Battle…

Lillian Smith was one of the first prominent white Southerners to openly denounce racial segregation and actively work against the entrenched and often brutally imposed world of Jim Crow. As early as the 1930s, she argued that…

Brigadier General Count Casimir (or Kazimierz) Pulaski came from Poland to fight in the American Revolution (1775-1783). Frequently hailed as the founder of the American Cavalry, he served in the Continental Army from late 1777…

Henry W. Grady, the "spokesman for the New South", served as editor of the Atlanta Constitution in the 1880s. A member of Atlanta's Democratic political leadership circle, Grady used his office and influence to promote a…

A number of significant historical events occurred in Georgia during the month of June. 1750-1799 1781 Major military engagements this month include the capture of Augusta from the British on June 5 by Elijah Clarke and others…

Perhaps best known as the longtime president of Morehouse College in Atlanta, Benjamin Mays was a distinguished African-American minister, educator, scholar, and social activist. He was also an important mentor to civil rights…

British actress and writer Fanny Kemble's infamous entanglement with Georgia began in the 1830s when she married Pierce Mease Butler, who in 1836 inherited her grandfather's inheritance, including hundreds of enslaved Africans…

A native of Atlanta, Walter White served as chief secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) from 1929 to 1955. In the twenty-five years before the Supreme Court's 1954 decision Brown v.…

The Crypt of Civilization, a millennia-old time capsule, is a chamber sealed behind a stainless steel door in 1940 at Oglethorpe University in Atlanta. The crypt is the "first successful attempt to bury a record of this culture…

Hugh McCall is generally considered Georgia's first historian, based on his two volumes History of Georgia. The first volume was published in 1811, followed by the second in 1816. Details of his own life story remain elusive.…

John Ross became the main chief of the Cherokee Nation in 1827, following the establishment of a government modeled on that of the United States. He presided over the nation at the height of its development in the Southeast, the…

Savannah's notable city plan is distinguished from those of earlier colonial cities by its repeated pattern of connected neighborhoods, multiple plazas, streets, and designed expansion into city-held land (the common). It is…

The Habershams – James and his sons, James Jr., Joseph and John – played an important role in the economic and political life of colonial, revolutionary and national Georgia. Their connection to Georgian history began with…

Ralph McGill, as editor and publisher of the Atlanta Constitutionwas a leading voice for racial and ethnic tolerance in the South from the 1940s to the 1960s. As an influential daily columnist, McGill broke the code of silence on…

Noted for their contributions to the intellectual life of 19th-century Georgia, the LeContes originally prospered as rice and cotton planters in Liberty County and later gained recognition for their scientific work. In 1787,…

The history of early Georgia is largely the history of the Creek Indians. For most of Georgia's colonial period, the Creeks outnumbered European settlers and enslaved Africans and occupied more land than these newcomers. It…

joseph Addison Turner was a writer, editor, publisher, attorney, and planter. He is best known for publishing The compatriota weekly newspaper produced from its Putnam County planting during Civil war (1861-65). Despite his…

The Goose Pond community in Oglethorpe County was named for a pond of at least fifty acres located near a small creek that connects to Georgia's Broad River. Tradition has it that the pond takes its name from the wild geese…

Celestine Sibley, a renowned Southern author, journalist and syndicated columnist, reported for the Atlanta Constitution from 1941 to 1999. During her long career, she wrote more than 10,000 columns and numerous reports of…

Mildred Seydell broke the gender barrier and was one of the first women to work as a journalist in Georgia. She was a columnist and author of nationally syndicated books, a strong advocate for women's rights, and the founder of…

Founded in 1996, Five Points: A Journal of Literature and Art reached an international audience and attracted some of today's most distinguished poets and fiction writers. Published three times a year by the Department of…

A versatile performer from suburban Atlanta, Travis Tritt has garnered major industry awards and sold millions of records, cementing his stature within the Peach State pantheon of notable contributors to country music. First…

There's a new LEGO DC book coming out next year called The LEGO DC Character Encyclopedia: New Edition and it will come with an exclusive minifigure. The book won't be released until May 3 for $21.99, but you can pre-order it today on…

Per Erik Gårder, internationally renowned roundabout expert, professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Maine, edited "Transportation…

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Moorish mother, born Camae Ayewa, is a traveler; it transcends the linear constructions of time as it crosses geographical boundaries. The artist works in a range of mediums, from poetry and visuals to music and education - and with each…

A few years ago my appetite for all things old led me to old books and the ones about world music were the most appealing. From this love affair came the hunt for travel books and not just your tourist reference books which are usually…

FOR MORE THAN A DECADE, JASON 'FLASH GORDON PARKS' WOODS to Ccultivated proof of Houston's presence in almost every popular musical genre. Growing up in the 1980s in South Houston, Woods grew up during the years…

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--World Book, Inc., (www.worldbook.com), a leading publisher of children's non-fiction book series, leading reference and digital learning platforms, today announced the new version of The Encyclopedia of…

Source: Xbox Game Studios Dark Horse Comics has announced that in conjunction with Halo developer 343 Industries, the publisher is releasing an all-new Halo Encyclopedia book that "encompasses two decades of epic storytelling with stunning,…

343 Industries is partnering with Dark Horse Comics to produce an updated edition of the Halo Encyclopedia, which will span approximately 500 pages. Developer 343 Industries has teamed up…

The publisher Héroes de Papel has formalized one of its major premieres this year: The Nintendo 64 Encyclopedia. Dedicated to the unforgettable home console of the Japanese firm, this book looks back on the complete life of the…