Morris Brown College in Atlanta was founded in 1881 by the African Methodist Episcopal Church. The college is named for Morris Brown, the second bishop of the AME Church. Photograph from History of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, by Daniel Alexander Payne The New Georgia Encyclopedia does not hold the copyright for this media resource and can neither grant nor deny permission to republish or reproduce the image online or in print.

On May 5, 1971 students held a national moratorium to remember the deaths of protestors at Kent State University, Jackson State University, and in Augusta the previous spring. In the years that followed, Kent State remained a national touchstone for repressive violence, while Black rebellions in Augusta, Jackson, and elsewhere receded from national memory. From the Student Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam The New Georgia Encyclopedia does not hold the copyright for this media resource and can neither grant nor deny permission to republish or reproduce the image online or in print.

An exit sign on I-75 south of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is one of the few remaining markers of old Dixie Highway routes in Georgia. Courtesy of Edwin L. Jackson The New Georgia Encyclopedia does not hold the copyright for this media resource and can neither grant nor deny permission to republish or reproduce the image online or in print. All requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource must be submitted to the rights holder.

Justly called “a man of many talents” and “something of a renaissance man,” Oliver H. Prince served in the Georgia General Assembly and the U.S. Senate, was instrumental in bringing railroads to Georgia, wrote the first great law book by a Georgian, laid out the streets of one of Georgia’s major cities, and penned a short story so brilliantly amusing that it was plagiarized by the novelist Thomas Hardy. Early Life Oliver Hillhouse Prince was born in Montville, Connecticut, on July 31, 1782, the third child of Mary Hillhouse and William Prince Jr.

The writer Pearl Cleage explains the idea of making "revolution irresistible." Video by Darby Carl Sanders, New Georgia Encyclopedia The New Georgia Encyclopedia does not hold the copyright for this media resource and can neither grant nor deny permission to republish or reproduce the image online or in print. All requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource must be submitted to the rights holder. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaKiVlr%2BtecKlnJqflWKvbn2YbW9ompWhtqay0muWrWlf