“Hammerin’ Hank” Aaron, a player for the Atlanta Braves, hit 755 home runs, a record that stood unchallenged until 2007, during his twenty-three-year career in major league baseball. Aaron’s other records include career runs batted in (RBIs) and number of All-Star game appearances. His contributions to baseball on and off the field continued the struggle against segregation begun by Jackie Robinson in 1947. Early Years Henry  Louis Aaron was born in Mobile, Alabama, on February 5, 1934.

The Hay House (1855-59) in Macon is an elaborate example of the Italianate style. 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. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaJ2Rp7m6edWimq2nop6ur3nAq5qhoaSasLXB0Z5kqK6Vp8OqsdZopGZuZWV8

Helen Lewis, activist and scholar, was a founder of the Appalachian Studies discipline. After moving to Wise, Virginia, in the heart of coal country, in 1955, she came to despise the human and environmental devastation caused by the coal and chemical industry. Courtesy of Appalachian State University, W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection. 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.

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Hopkins Holsey, a lawyer, writer, congressman, and journalist, planned to make politics a career, but the sudden death of his wife, along with political changes caused by high tariffs, nullification laws, and threats of secession in the Old South, changed all of that. Hopkins was the second of five children born to Susannah Ingram and James Holsey of Brunswick County, Virginia. He was probably born in 1799. In 1806 the Holseys sold their Virginia lands and migrated to Hancock County, Georgia.