J. Richardson Jones was an actor, a cinematographer, and a journalist for the Atlanta Daily World, the largest circulating Black southern newspaper during the first half of the twentieth century. Jones’s radio broadcasts, stage productions, race movies, and wartime newsreels celebrated African American life along Atlanta’s Sweet Auburn Avenue. Working in the Jim Crow era, he also attempted to undermine segregation through his work by presenting Black citizens as patriotic, industrious, and cultured.

For twenty years after Reconstruction, James Blount represented the Sixth District of Georgia (Macon and middle Georgia) in the U.S. House of Representatives. Serving from 1873 to 1893, he was among the southern Democrats known as the Redeemers. Unlike some southern congressmen who separated themselves from national issues, Blount gained the respect of national Democrats and served as chair of both the Post Office Committee and the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Jefferson County, in east central Georgia southwest of Augusta, was established in 1796 as the state’s twenty-third county on land formerly a part of Burke and Warren counties. It was named after U.S. president Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence and the first U.S. secretary of state. Louisville, the county seat, was the third capital of Georgia. Unlike its predecessors, Savannah and Augusta, it was founded specifically as the permanent state capital, with the first planned capitol building, which was completed in 1796.

Since 1950 Jekyll has operated under the auspices of the Jekyll Island Authority. The island has become renowned for the preservation of its natural and historic resources, and it provides public access to thousands of visitors annually. 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 may need to be submitted to Explore Georgia.

Jerry Reed's long career in the country and pop music industry began in 1955, when he was eighteen years old, and continued into the twenty-first century. In addition to writing and recording his own songs, Reed has worked as a session musician for such artists as Willie Nelson and Elvis Presley and as a producer on his own record label. 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.