41. Segregation

Beginning in the 1890s, Georgia and other southern states passed a wide variety of Jim Crow laws that...

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42. Fletcher v. Peck (1810)

The Fletcher case arose out of the Yazoo land fraud, which came to light after bribed members of the Georgia...

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43. Savannah River

The Savannah River, one of Georgia's longest and largest waterways, defines most of the boundary between...

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44. Ellis, Henry (1721-1806)

Henry Ellis, the second royal governor of Georgia, has been called "Georgia's second founder." Georgia...

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45. Mitchell, Margaret

Margaret Mitchell was the author of Gone With the Wind, one of the most popular books of all time. The...

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46. Atlanta Compromise Speech

On September 18, 1895, the African American educator and leader Booker T. Washington delivered his famous...

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47. Lower Coastal Plain and Coastal Islands

Georgia's Lower Coastal Plain, an environmental region of the Coastal Plain Province, contains some of...

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48. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

The impact of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil on Savannah has been greater than that of any other...

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49. Progressive Era

The Progressive Era refers to a period of varied reforms that took place throughout the United States...

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50. Women in Colonial Georgia

Women were important in the settlement of colonial Georgia from its very beginning in 1733. The founding...

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