This Greek revival-style cottage, at 11 Seventh Street in Columbus, was occupied by John Stith Pemberton and his family, 1855-60. Pemberton, a druggist in Columbus and later Atlanta, was the originator of Coca-Cola. The apothecary, once the kitchen, houses unique Coke memorabilia.
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From small, idiosyncratic drawings to elaborate outdoor environments, Georgia’s self-taught artists have made significant contributions to the state’s artistic heritage. Many of these self-taught artists—so called because they received no formal artistic training—began to make art after life-changing experiences such as an illness, a religious vision, or retirement. In the late twentieth century, as Georgia’s artists began to gain international recognition, the state became known as a bastion of self-taught art.
South Georgia Technical College, established in Americus in 1948, serves a six-county delivery area, including Crisp, Macon, Marion, Schley, Sumter, and Webster counties. It is the only technical school in the state to offer on-campus housing and intercollegiate athletics.
Courtesy of Technical College System of Georgia
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The U.S. Supreme Court’s most famous abortion decision, Roe v. Wade (1973), as well as its companion case out of Georgia, Doe v. Bolton (1973), focused on the proper contours of the substantive protection of liberty enforceable against states afforded by the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. An earlier decision concerning this same subject, though in a very different context, came in Stanley v.
The Cloister (1928), a resort on Sea Island, was designed by architect Addison Mizner. The structure is representative of the Spanish-style architecture popular in Georgia during the 1920s.
Courtesy of Sea Island Company
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