Ulrich  Bonnell Phillips was the first major historian of the South and of southern slavery, and his work has attracted as much attention and generated as much controversy as that of any southern historian. Phillips was born in LaGrange on November 4, 1877, to Jessie Young and Alonzo Rabun Phillips. His father, a merchant, was of yeoman stock, but his mother, whom Phillips considered his foremost inspiration, had a plantation background.

Alan Jackson, a native of Newnan, achieved success as a country musician during the 1990s. A member of the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee, Jackson was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in 2001. 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.

The Alliance Theatre, the largest regional theater in the Southeast, is recognized nationwide as a great critical and commercial success. More than 255,000 people attend Alliance productions each season at the theater’s home in the Woodruff Arts Center on Peachtree Street in Midtown Atlanta, adjacent to the High Museum of Art. The company shows eleven productions annually: each season the Alliance Stage produces six plays, the Hertz Stage produces three plays, and the Alliance Children’s Theatre produces two plays.

The television personality, author, and director Alton Brown, who was raised in White County, has helped to change the character of food television and cooking instruction in the United States. His innovative approach to cooking and teaching mixes elements of chemistry, anthropology, and history with popular culture and humor. Alton Crawford Brown Jr. was born in Los Angeles, California, on July 30, 1962. His parents, who were originally from north Georgia, moved the family back to the state when Brown was seven.

The American Cancer Society is the nationwide community-based voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem. Based in Atlanta, it has millions of volunteers and supporters throughout the United States. History and Structure Established in 1913 by ten physicians and five laymen as the American Society for the Control of Cancer, the American Cancer Society has always been governed by volunteers. The society’s two main governing bodies are the National Assembly and the National Board of Directors, both of which work closely with community volunteers and society staff.