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Author Index
                         
John Hayes
African American Baptists
Baptists have been the largest African American religious group in Georgia since the late eighteenth...
Church of God in Christ
The Church of God in Christ (COGIC) is the largest black Pentecostal denomination in the country. As...
Federal Road
The termrefers to either of two early-nineteenth-century thoroughfares. Both connected the...
James Brown (ca. 1933-2006)
James Brown, who grew up in Augusta, was one of the most influential musicians of the last half of the...
William P. Head
Bobby Dodd (1908-1988)
Bobby Dodd, longtime football coach for the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) in Atlanta,...
C-141 Starlifter
The C-141 Starlifter, built by Lockheed-Georgia (later Lockheed Martin) of Marietta, was the first jet...
Charles Dryden (1920-2008)
A member of the Georgia Aviation Hall of Fame, Atlanta resident Charles Dryden was one of the famed Tuskegee...
Georgia Aviation Hall of Fame
On April 19, 1989, Governor Joe Frank Harris signed a bill authorizing the creation of the Georgia Aviation...
Georgia Southwestern State University
Located 135 miles south of Atlanta in Americus, amid the lush farmland of Sumter County, Georgia Southwestern...
Glenn "Pop" Warner (1871-1954)
One of the most successful coaches in college football history and a member of the College Football Hall...
Larry Nelson (b. 1947)
Longtime Georgia resident and successful professional golfer Larry Nelson has won ten Professional Golfers'...
Mel Blount (b. 1948)
Mel Blount played professional football with the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League...
Nancy Lopez (b. 1957)
The youngest woman ever to be inducted into the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Hall of Fame,...
Robert Scott (1908-2006)
Robert Scott was one of Georgia's most prominent World War II heroes, as well as a best-selling author....
Robins Air Force Base
Robins Air Force Base is Georgia's largest industrial installation and is located in Warner Robins, sixteen...
Tommy Aaron (b. 1937)
Inspired by the exploits of famed Georgia golfer Bobby Jones, Tommy Aaron began playing golf at age twelve....
Warner Robins
Warner Robins is located in the northern part of Houston County, about half way between Macon and Perry...
Alexa Benson Henderson
Alonzo Herndon (1858-1927)
An African American barber and entrepreneur, Alonzo Herndon was founder and president of the Atlanta...
Atlanta Life Insurance Company
The Atlanta Life Insurance Company, with headquarters on Atlanta's historic Sweet Auburn Avenue, has...
Harold Paulk Henderson
Ellis Arnall (1907-1992)
Ellis Arnall's four years as governor of Georgia (1943-47) are considered to be among the most progressive...
Ernest Vandiver Jr. (1918-2005)
As governor of Georgia from 1959 to 1963, Ernest Vandiver proved successful in fulfilling his campaign...
Eugene Talmadge (1884-1946)
A controversial and colorful politician, Eugene Talmadge played a leading role in the state's politics...
Gubernatorial Election of 1966
In 1966 the General Assembly chose Georgia's chief executive. Although former governor Ellis Arnall won...
Howard Hollis "Bo" Callaway (b. 1927)
Bo Callaway has the distinction of being the first Republican congressman from Georgia since 1875. He...
Melvin Thompson (1903-1980)
Melvin Thompson, the first person elected to the office of lieutenant governor of Georgia, served as...
Vernon J. Henry
Geology of the Georgia Coast
The geological development of the Georgia coast and shoreline is the result both of ongoing, and geologically...
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