The Georgia Institute of Technology first appeared on the intercollegiate basketball scene in 1906. Since that time, the basketball tradition at Georgia Tech has grown to national repute on the strength of such coaches as John “Whack” Hyder and Bobby Cremins, and such players as Roger Kaiser, Rich Yunkus, Mark Price, John Salley, Tom Hammonds, and Matt Harpring. Today’s Yellow Jackets, coached by Paul Hewitt, compete in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).

Carnesville residents gather outside the Franklin County Courthouse around 1900. The courthouse, now razed, was built in the early 1800s. 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%2BOn6mappuhtq95wqisp6ypZLpuf5BvcGg%3D

Hodgson Hall, located at the northwest corner of Forsyth Park in Savannah, has been the headquarters of the Georgia Historical Society since 1875. The building houses the society's collection of Georgia's historical materials. 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 Georgia Historical Society.

A hunting party gathers at Ichauway, in Baker County, circa 1931. Today Ichauway, founded as a quail-hunting plantation by Coca-Cola executive Robert Woodruff in 1929, is the site of the Joseph W. Jones Ecological Research Center. Courtesy of Joseph W. Jones Ecological Research Center 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.

Ida Cox, a successful blues singer of the 1920s, meets with John Hammond some years after her 1939 performance in his From Spirituals to Swing concert for an integrated audience at Carnegie Hall in New York City. Hammond, a prominent musician and producer, worked throughout the 1930s to integrate the music business. 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.