Evander Holyfield poses with his championship belts in 1990, after becoming the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world. 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 Sports Hall of Fame.

Physician, poet, and horticulturist, Francis Orray Ticknor wrote memorable Civil War (1861-65) poetry and earned a lasting literary reputation on the merit of a single poem, “Little Giffen,” a ballad about a young Tennessee soldier named Isaac Newton Giffen. The poem describes how during the war Ticknor treated and befriended the wounded Confederate lad, only to see him return to the ranks and presumably to his battlefield death. Francis “Frank” Orray Ticknor, the youngest of Harriot Coolidge and Orray Ticknor’s three children, was born on November 13, 1822, in Fortville, in Jones County.

From the first days of their freedom, formerly enslaved Georgians demanded formal education. Legislation passed in 1829 had made it a crime to teach enslaved laborers to read, and, further, white attitudes discouraged literacy within Georgia’s small free Black community. Yet when schools for freedpeople opened in early 1865, they were crowded to overflowing. Within a year of Black freedom, at least 8,000 formerly enslaved African Americans were attending schools in Georgia; eight years later, Black schools struggled to contain nearly 20,000 students.

The Guardhouse Musuem, originally constructed in 1866 as the main entrance to the Augusta Arsenal, is located on the campus of Augusta State University. Restored in 2002, the museum offers displays about the arsenal, university, and surrounding historic neighborhoods. Courtesy of Augusta State University 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.

Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is a world-class facility that serves national and international traffic for much of the world. 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%2BOm6ysoZ6awLR5xJymp6edrnyxwcGloJxlpaiybq3Iq6eoqqSofK55kG1qamc%3D