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Describe the lives and contributions of historical figures in Georgia history.

a. James Oglethorpe, Tomochichi, and Mary Musgrove (founding of Georgia)

b. Sequoyah (development of a Cherokee alphabet)

c. Jackie Robinson (sportsmanship and civil rights)

d. Martin Luther King, Jr. (civil rights)

e. Juliette Gordon Low (Girl Scouts and leadership)

f. Jimmy Carter (leadership and human rights)

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Hank Aaron

Hank Aaron

1934-2021
Atlanta Black Crackers

Atlanta Black Crackers

Atlanta Crackers

Atlanta Crackers

Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium

Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium

Elias Boudinot

Elias Boudinot

ca. 1804-1839
Brims

Brims

d. 1733
Carter Center

Carter Center

Carter Family

Carter Family

Jimmy Carter

Jimmy Carter

1924 - 2024
Rosalynn Carter

Rosalynn Carter

1927-2023
Cherokee Indians

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Cherokee Phoenix

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Cherokee Removal

Cherokee Removal

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Civil Rights Movement

Austin Dabney

Austin Dabney

ca. 1765-1830
Disability Rights Movement

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William Washington Gordon

William Washington Gordon

1796-1842
Habitat for Humanity International

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Indian Missions

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Coretta Scott King

Coretta Scott King

1927-2006
Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr.

1929-1968
Land Lottery System

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John Lewis

1940-2020
Juliette Gordon Low

Juliette Gordon Low

1860-1927
Malatchi

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ca. 1720-1756
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Mary Musgrove

ca. 1700-ca. 1763
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James Oglethorpe

1696-1785
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Nat Peeples

1926-2012
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Ponce de Leon Ballpark

Prints and Drawings of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries

Prints and Drawings of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries

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Revolutionary War in Georgia

Revolutionary War in Georgia

Jackie Robinson

Jackie Robinson

1919-1972
Jacob Rothschild

Jacob Rothschild

1911-1973
Royal Georgia, 1752-1776

Royal Georgia, 1752-1776

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Segregation

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Sequoyah

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ca. 1770-ca. 1840
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Student Movements of the 1960s

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ca. 1644-1739
Trustee Georgia, 1732-1752

Trustee Georgia, 1732-1752

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War of 1812 and Georgia

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