Southern Poetry Review is one of the oldest and most prestigious poetry journals in the Southeast. It is currently housed at Armstrong State University in Savannah. Southern Poetry Review was founded in Florida in 1958. In 1962 editor Guy Owen moved the journal’s headquarters to Raleigh, North Carolina, where it remained for fifteen years. Southern Poetry Review then moved to Charlotte, North Carolina, where Robert Grey edited the publication from 1978 to 1990.

The St. Patrick's Day Festival in Dublin, the seat of Laurens County, has been an annual event since 1966. The town is named for the city of Dublin in Ireland. 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 the Georgia Department of Economic Development.

The staff of the Atlanta Life Insurance Company Branch Office, ca. 1925. In 1922 the company had achieved legal reserve status, a position enjoyed by only four other Black insurance companies at that time. Courtesy of The Herndon Home 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.

On September 29, 1948, from a new building near Atlanta’s Peachtree Street, the first live commercial television program was broadcast in Georgia. Broadcasting on channel eight from the state’s tallest structure at the time, a tower higher than 800 feet, the television arm of WSB Radio and its parent, Cox Broadcasting, began regular service after years of planning and development. WSB-TV was the first television service in Georgia, as well as in the South.

In 1935 Union Bag and Paper, a New Jersey-based paper and packaging manufacturer, built a mill in Savannah, which became the company's largest facility in the Southeast. In 1956 Union Bag merged with Camp Manufacturing to form Union Camp, which was acquired by International Paper in 1999. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZoq6iomZjAcMDIppmeql8%3D