Martin Luther King Jr. (bottom left) led the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in August 1963. King's "I Have a Dream" speech was the most memorable event of the day and confirmed him as Black America's most prominent spokesperson. Courtesy of the National Park Service 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.

The Millmore gristmill in Hancock County was the site of Georgia's 1786 peace treaty with the Creek Indians. 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%2BOnKaupqSesrR5wqKrop2jYrumtcahmaiqmKS8pb%2BOoZinm5%2BYuG6vzq6lrbFfonp0fo9sZg%3D%3D

Nathan  Deal was the eighty-second governor of Georgia and served two terms, from 2011-2019. His election continued the statewide trend toward support for the Republican Party, signaled in 2002 by the election of his predecessor, Sonny Perdue, who was the first Republican governor to serve in Georgia since Reconstruction. John Nathan Deal was born in Millen, the seat of Jenkins County, on August 25, 1942, to Mary Mallard and Noah J. Deal, both educators.

Neptune Small was an enslaved man from Glynn County, in coastal Georgia, who accompanied members of the Thomas Butler King family to fight in the Civil War (1861-65). Small was born into slave status on September 15, 1831, on Retreat Plantation, the home of the King family of St. Simons Island. He was chosen to look after the older King sons and bonded quickly with the third son, Henry Lord Page King (known as Lord), who was only five months older.

Oglethorpe University's art museum is the only one on such a campus in the Southeast that regularly shows nationally and internationally recognized exhibitions. Courtesy of the Oglethorpe University Museum of Art 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.