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Author Index
                         
Martin I. Elzy
Jimmy Carter Library and Museum
The Jimmy Carter Library and Museum was dedicated in Atlanta on October 1, 1986. It is one of ten presidential...
Mary Ella Engel
John Morgan (1842-1894)
Mormon missionary John Morgan traveled to Georgia from Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1876 in an effort to...
Joseph Standing (1854-1879)
Mormon missionary Joseph Standing, an an elder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS...
Carrie England
Cox Communications
Atlanta-based Cox Communications, Inc., the nation's third-largest cable-television provider, serves...
Lisa A. Ennis
Alice Coachman (b. 1923)
Few athletes have dominated a sport as thoroughly as Alice Coachman dominated the high jump. Named to...
Benjamin Hunt (1847-1934)
A former New York banker, Benjamin Hunt became known for his contributions to the dairy industry and...
Dot Kirby (1920-2000)
In 1932, at age twelve, Dot Kirby entered the Georgia State Women's Golf Championship as the youngest...
Edith McGuire (b. 1944)
Edith McGuire became the top sprinter of the 1960s, winning six Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) championships...
Gwen Torrence (b. 1965)
Considered one of the world's fastest women, track star and Decatur native Gwen Torrence spent the first...
Louise Suggs (b. 1923)
Louise Suggs was one of the charter members of the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA), and her...
Martha Hudson (b. 1939)
Martha Hudson, Olympic track and field gold medal winner and Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) All-American,...
Mildred McDaniel (b. 1933)
Atlanta native Mildred McDaniel excelled in basketball and gained fame in track and field by winning...
Pete "Pistol Pete" Maravich (1947-1988)
Basketball player Pete Maravich's showmanship and style earned him the nickname "Pistol Pete." In the...
Wyomia Tyus (b. 1945)
Born in Griffin, in Spalding County, on August 29, 1945, Wyomia Tyus was the first person to win consecutive...
Glenn T. Eskew
Johnny Mercer (1909-1976)
While Johnny Mercer had the talent, Georgia provided the inspiration that made him one of America's most...
King Center
The Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change originated in the weeks after the 1968...
Lucius Holsey (1842-1920)
As bishop of the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church (later Christian Methodist Episcopal Church), Lucius...
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