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| Atlanta Falcons The Atlanta Falcons are an American football team based in Atlanta, Georgia. They are currently a member of the NFC South division of the National Football Conference (NFC) in the National Football League (NFL). The Falcons joined the NFL in 1965 as an expansion team. In their 42 years of existence, the Falcons have compiled a record of 262 Atlanta_Falcons | |
| Atlanta Atlanta | |
| Blind Willie McTell William Samuel McTell, better known as Blind Willie McTell (May 5, 1898 (sometimes reported as 1901 or 1903) – August 19, 1959), was an influential American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He was a twelve-string finger picking Piedmont blues guitarist, and recorded 149 songs between 1927 and 1956. Blind_Willie_McTell | |
| Dartmouth College Dartmouth_College | |
| Eli Whitney, Jr. Eli Whitney (December 8, 1765 inventor best known as the inventor of the cotton gin. This was one of the key inventions of the industrial revolution and shaped the economy of the antebellum South. Whitney's invention made short staple cotton into a profitable crop, which strengthened the economic foundation of slavery. Despite the social and economic impact of his invention, Whitney lost his profits in legal battles over patent infringement, closed his business, and nearly filed bankruptcy. Eli_Whitney,_Jr. | |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), often referred to by his initials FDR, was the 32nd President of the United States. He was a central figure of the 20th century during a time of worldwide economic crisis and world war. Elected to four terms in office, he served from 1933 to 1945 and is the only U.S. Franklin_D._Roosevelt | |
| Gone with the Wind Gone With the Wind is a romantic drama and the only novel written by Margaret Mitchell. It is set in Jonesboro and Atlanta, Georgia during the American Civil War and Reconstruction. and follows the life of Scarlett O'Hara, the daughter of an Irish immigrant plantation owner. Gone_with_the_Wind | |
| Hank Aaron Henry Louis "Hank" Aaron (born February 5, 1934, in Mobile, Alabama), is a retired American baseball player whose Major League Baseball (MLB) career spanned from 1954 through 1976. Aaron is widely considered one of the greatest baseball players of all time. Hank_Aaron | |
| Jimmy Carter James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. (born October 1, 1924) was the 39th President of the United States from 1977 to 1981 and was the recipient of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize. Prior to becoming president, Carter served two terms in the Georgia Senate followed by the governorship of the State of Georgia, from 1971 to 1975.As president, Carter created two new cabinet-level departmentsDepartment of Energy and the Department of Education. Jimmy_Carter | |
| Jefferson Davis Jefferson Finis Davis (June 3, 1808 American politician who served as President of the Confederate States of America for its entire history, 1861 to 1865, during the American Civil War. A West Point graduate, Davis fought in the Mexican-American War as a colonel of a volunteer regiment, and was the United States Secretary of War under Franklin Pierce. Jefferson_Davis | |
| Jackie Robinson Jack Roosevelt "Jackie" Robinson (January 31, 1919 – October 24, 1972) was the first African-American Major League Baseball player of the modern era. While not the first African-American player in major league history, Robinson broke the baseball color line when he debuted with the Brooklyn Dodgers organization in the mid-1940s. Jackie_Robinson | |
| Julia Roberts Julia Fiona Roberts (born October 28, 1967) is an American actress. She became well known during the early 1990s after starring in the romantic comedy Pretty Woman opposite Richard Gere, which grossed $463 million worldwide. After receiving Academy Award nominations for Steel Magnolias in 1990 and Pretty Woman in 1991, she won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 2001 for her performance in Erin Brockovich. Julia_Roberts | |
| Ku Klux Klan Ku Klux Klan (KKK), informally known as The Klan, is the name of several past and present secret militant organizations in the United States whose avowed purpose was to protect the rights of and further the interests of white Americans by violence and intimidation. Ku_Klux_Klan | |
| Kaolinite Kaolinite is a clay mineral with the chemical composition Al2Si2O5(OH)4. It is a layered silicate mineral, with one tetrahedral sheet linked through oxygen atoms to one octahedral sheet of alumina octahedra. Rocks that are rich in kaolinite are known as china clay or kaolin.The name is derived from Gaoling or Kao-Ling ("High Hill") in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China. Kaolinite was first described as a mineral species in 1867 for an occurrence in the Jari River basin of Brazil. Kaolinite | |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968), was an American clergyman, activist and prominent leader in the African-American civil rights movement. His main legacy was to secure progress on civil rights in the United States and he is frequently referenced as a human rights icon today. Martin_Luther_King,_Jr. | |
| Margaret Mitchell Margaret Mitchell (November 8 1900 – August 16 1949) was an American author, who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1937 for her novel Gone with the Wind. The novel is one of the most popular books of all time, selling more than 30 million copies (see list of best-selling books). An American film adaptation, released in 1939, became the highest-grossing film in the history of Hollywood, and received a record-breaking ten Academy Awards. Margaret_Mitchell | |
| National Association for the Advancement of Colored People The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, usually abbreviated as NAACP and pronounced N-double-A-C-P, is one of the oldest and most influential civil rights organizations in the United States. Its mission is "to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination". Its name, retained in accord with tradition, is one of the last surviving uses of the term colored people. National_Association_for_the_Advancement_of_Colored_People | |
| San Diego Chargers The San Diego Chargers are an American football team based in San Diego, California. They are currently members of the Western Division of the American Football Conference (AFC) in the National Football League (NFL). The club began play in 1960 as a charter member of the American Football League. The club spent its first season in Los Angeles, California before moving to San Diego in 1961. The Chargers play home games at Qualcomm Stadium. San_Diego_Chargers | |
| Ty Cobb Tyrus Raymond "Ty" Cobb (December 18, 1886 – July 17, 1961), nicknamed "The Georgia Peach," was a baseball player and is regarded by historians and journalists as the best player of the dead-ball era and as one of the greatest players of all time. Cobb also received the most votes of any player on the 1936 inaugural Hall of Fame Ballot, receiving 222 out of a possible 226 votes.Cobb is widely credited with setting 90 Major League Baseball records during his career. Ty_Cobb | |
| 800 Year 800 (DCCC) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. 800 | |
| Cotton Cotton is a soft, staple fiber that grows in a form known as a boll around the seeds of the cotton plant, a shrub native to tropical and subtropical regions around the world, including the Americas, India and Africa. The fiber most often is spun into yarn or thread and used to make a soft, breathable textile, which is the most widely used natural-fiber cloth in clothing today. The English name derives from the Arabic (al) qutn قُطْن , which began to be used circa 1400. Cotton | |
| Montana class battleship Montana_class_battleship | |
| John Wesley John Wesley () ( – 2 March 1791) was an Anglican cleric and Christian theologian. Wesley is largely credited, along with his brother Charles Wesley, with founding the Methodist movement which began when he took to open-air preaching in a similar manner to George Whitefield. John_Wesley | |
| Sandra Day O'Connor Sandra Day O'Connor (born March 26, 1930) is an American jurist and was the first female Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. She served as a Supreme Court Justice from 1981 until her retirement from the Court in 2006. O'Connor was appointed by Republican President Ronald Reagan in 1981. Sandra_Day_O'Connor | |
| Emory University Emory University is a private research university in the metropolitan area of Atlanta in the Druid Hills CDP in unincorporated Dekalb County, Georgia. In addition to its two undergraduate divisions, Emory has nine graduate and professional schools, including schools of business, law, medicine, theology, nursing, and public health, as well as thirteen graduate programs in arts and sciences. Emory_University | |
| Alice Walker Alice Malsenior Walker (born February 9, 1944) is an American author, self-declared feminist and womanist—the latter a term she herself coined to make special distinction for the experiences of women of color. She has written at length on issues of race and gender, and is most famous for the critically acclaimed novel The Color Purple, for which she won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Alice_Walker | |
| Georgia (U.S. state) Georgia_(U.S._state) | |
| African-American Civil Rights Movement (1955–1968) The African-American Civil Rights Movement (1955–1968) refers to the reform movements in the United States aimed at outlawing racial discrimination against African Americans and restoring Suffrage in Southern states. This article covers the phase of the movement between 1954 and 1968, particularly in the South. African-American_Civil_Rights_Movement_(1955–1968) | |
| James Longstreet James Longstreet (January 8, 1821 Confederate generals of the American Civil War and the principal subordinate to General Robert E. Lee, who called him his "Old War Horse." He served under Lee as a corps commander for many of the famous battles fought by the Army of Northern Virginia in the Eastern Theater, but also with Gen. James_Longstreet | |
| Cherokee The Cherokee () are a Native American people originally from the Southeastern United States (Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia). Linguistically, they are connected to speakers of the Iroquoian language family. Cherokee | |
| Cadbury plc Cadbury plc (, ) is a confectionery and beverage company with its headquarters in London, United Kingdom, and is the world's largest confectionery manufacturer. The firm was formerly known as "Cadbury Schweppes plc" before demerging in May 2008, separating its global confectionery business from its US beverage unit, which has been renamed Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc. London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. Cadbury_plc | |
| Muscogee (Creek) The Muscogee (or Muskogee), their original name they use to identify themselves today, also known as the Creek, are an American Indian people originally from the southeastern United States. Mvskoke is their name in traditional spelling. Modern Muscogees live primarily in Oklahoma, Alabama, Georgia, and Florida. Muscogee_(Creek) | |
| Montgomery, Alabama Montgomery () is the capital, second most populous city, and the fourth most populous metropolitan area in the Southern U.S. state of Alabama, and is the county seat of Montgomery County. Montgomery,_Alabama | |
| Kudzu , Pueraria lobata (syn. P. montana, P. thunbergiana), sometimes called foot-a-night vine, mile-a-minute vine, gat gun, ge gan, or the "vine that ate the South", is one of about 20 species in the genus Pueraria in the pea family Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae. It is native to southern Japan and southeast China in eastern Asia. The name comes from the Japanese word for this plant, kuzu. The other species of Pueraria occur in southeast Asia, further south. Kudzu | |
| Joel Chandler Harris Joel Chandler Harris (December 9, 1845 – July 3, 1908) was an American journalist born in Eatonton, Georgia who wrote the Uncle Remus stories. His stories gained popular success and included Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings: The Folk-Lore of the Old Plantation (1880), Nights with Uncle Remus (1881 and 1882), Uncle Remus and His friends (1892) and Uncle Remus and the Little Boy (1905). Joel_Chandler_Harris | |
| John Pemberton John Stith Pemberton (January 8, 1831Confederate veteran, an American druggist, and perhaps was best known for being the inventor of Coca-Cola, which in his lifetime had been used only for medical purposes. John_Pemberton | |
| History of the United States The first known inhabitants of modern-day United States territory are believed to have arrived over a period of several thousand years beginning sometime prior to 15,000 - 50,000 years ago by crossing Beringia into Alaska. Solid evidence of these cultures settling in what would become the US is dated to around 14,000 years ago.Research has revealed much about the early Native American settlers of North America. History_of_the_United_States | |
| Indian slavery Indian slavery was the practice of using indigenous peoples of the Americas as slaves. Indian_slavery | |
| The Birth of a Nation Talk:The_Birth_of_a_Nation | |
| Wyomia Tyus Wyomia_Tyus | |
| Atlanta Hawks The Atlanta Hawks are an American professional basketball team based in Atlanta, Georgia. They are part of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Hawks are coached by Mike Woodson, who is in his fifth season at the helm. Atlanta_Hawks | |
| Temperance movement Temperance_movement | |
| List of counties in Georgia (U.S. state) U.S. state of Georgia is divided into 159 counties. Under the Georgia Constitution, counties are granted home rule to deal with issues that are local in nature. Four consolidated city-countiesAthens (Clarke County), Augusta (Richmond County), Columbus (Muscogee County), and Cusseta (Chattahoochee County) List_of_counties_in_Georgia_(U.S._state) | |
| Charles Lindbergh Charles Augustus Lindbergh (February 4, 1902 – August 26, 1974) (nicknamed "Lucky Lindy" and "The Lone Eagle") was an American aviator, author, inventor and explorer.On May 20–21, 1927, Lindbergh, then a 25-year old U.S. Air Mail pilot, emerged from virtual obscurity to almost instantaneous world fame as the result of his Orteig Prize-winning solo non-stop flight from Roosevelt Field on Long Island to Le Bourget Field in Paris in the single-seat, single-engine monoplane Spirit of St. Charles_Lindbergh | |
| Savannah, Georgia Savannah is the largest city in, and the county seat of, Chatham County, Georgia, USA. Savannah was established in 1733 and was the first colonial and state capital of Georgia. Each year Savannah attracts millions of visitors, who enjoy the city's architecture and historic buildingsJuliette Gordon Low (founder of the Girl Scouts of the United States of America), the Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences (one of the South's first public museums), the First African Baptist Church (one of the oldest African American Baptist congregations in the United States), Temple Mickve Israel (the third-oldest synagogue in America), and the Central of Georgia Railway roundhouse complex (the oldest standing antebellu Savannah,_Georgia | |
| W. E. B. Du Bois William Edward Burghardt Du Bois ( doo-BOYSS) (February 23, 1868 civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, sociologist, historian, author, and editor. At the age of 95, in 1963, he became a naturalized citizen of Ghana. W._E._B._Du_Bois | |
| Flannery O'Connor Mary Flannery O'Connor (March 25 1925 American novelist, short-story writer and essayist.An important voice in American literature, O'Connor wrote two novels and 32 short stories, as well as a number of reviews and commentaries. She was a Southern writer who often wrote in a Southern Gothic style and relied heavily on regional settings and grotesque characters. O'Connor's writing also reflected her own Roman Catholic faith, and frequently examined questions of morality and ethics. Flannery_O'Connor | |
| Webster County, Georgia Webster_County,_Georgia | |
| Terrell County, Georgia Terrell County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. The 2000 United States Census reported the county's population at 10,970. The 2007 Census Estimate shows a population of 10,260 . The county seat is Dawson, Georgia. Terrell County is included in the Albany, Georgia, Metropolitan Statistical Area. Terrell_County,_Georgia | |
| Stewart County, Georgia Stewart County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. It was created on December 23, 1830. As of 2000, the population was 5,252. The 2007 Census Estimate shows a population of 4,647 . The county seat is Lumpkin, Georgia. Stewart_County,_Georgia |
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