Richard Allen (center), the founder of the African Methodist Episcopal denomination, is depicted with other bishops in an 1876 lithograph. Established in Pennsylvania in 1816, the AME Church arrived in Georgia at the close of the Civil War, as missionaries from the denomination entered the state with Union troops. Courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division 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.

Author Index - New Georgia Encyclopedia Skip to content Ruta M. Abolins University of Georgia Edna Acosta-Belen State University of New York, Albany Tiffany Boyd Adams University of Georgia Emma M. Adler Massie Heritage Center, Savannah Lawrence K. Akers University of Tennessee, Chattanooga James J. Alberts University of Georgia Marine Institute Edward Albin Fernbank Science Center Derek H.

One of the greatest managers in the history of major league baseball, Bobby Cox led the Atlanta Braves of the 1990s to an unprecedented domination of the National League.  A consummate strategist, Cox is the only coach to win Manager of the Year honors in both the American and National Leagues. Robert Joe Cox was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on May 21, 1941, and attended Selma High School and Reedley Junior College in California.

The boll weevil greatly affected Georgia’s long history of cotton production between 1915, when the insect was introduced to Georgia, and the early 1990s, when it was eliminated as an economic pest. Yield losses associated with the boll weevil reduced cotton acreage from a historical high of 5.2 million acres during 1914 to 2.6 million acres in 1923. Although insecticides provided temporary relief, the cotton industry remained unprofitable, and planted acreage continued to decline, to a low of 115,000 acres in 1983.

Bustin Out by Kathy Triplett is part of Georgia's State Art Collection. Clay (stoneware), 23 1/2 x 18 1/2 inches 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Council for the Arts. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomqiknJqwtbXOp6pon5Wkv6i1wKxkrKyRqbJurdGtZJynnKGypMDIqKVomqWowaq6jKisrZekp7axuMStq5hoYGZ6c3s%3D