The Roberto C. Goizueta Business School at Emory University is known for its melding of academic and real-world perspectives and its emphasis on communication skills. The school, which offers undergraduate, graduate, and Ph.D programs, trains approximately 500 undergraduate students and more than 600 graduate students in MBA (master of business administration) and Ph.D. curricula. MBA programs are offered for day and evening students and executives; an accelerated one-year MBA program is also available.

Sarah Gibbons was born into one of the wealthiest families in the Georgia colony. In 1774 she married Edward Telfair, a prominent planter and merchant in Savannah, and the couple had seven children who survived infancy. Portrait by unknown artist, oil on board (8 1/4" x 7"), date unknown. 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 Jekyll Island Authority opened a segregated section of beach, named the St. Andrews Subdivision, in 1955 at the southern end of the island. Although the facilities were not equal to those enjoyed by white visitors, Jekyll Island provided the only public beach available to African Americans in Georgia through the 1950s. In 1964 the district court decision in Law v. Jekyll Island State Park Authority mandated the desegregation of all state-operated facilities, and the island integrated peacefully.

Seney Hall at Emory University at Oxford, circa 1900-1910. 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 should be submitted to the Georgia Archives. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOnKaupqSesrR5wqKrop2jYrumtcahmaiqmKS8pb%2BOp5ywrJ%2BjeqS71KersmejmrumxYyhmKWkXZbBbrHMqKmyZaWjtrex0aygrbGPZX1yew%3D%3D

Sharecroppers, pictured in 1910, harvest cotton in Randolph County. Theoretically beneficial to both laborers and landowners, the sharecropping system typically left workers in deep debt to their landlords and creditors from one harvest season to the next. 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 should be submitted to the Georgia Archives.