The Newton Campus of Georgia Perimeter College (later Georgia State University Perimeter College) opened in 2007. Home to the college's baseball team, the campus served students in eight surrounding counties. Courtesy of Georgia State University Perimeter College 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.

The first Citizens Trust Bank building was located on Auburn Avenue in Atlanta from its founding in 1921 until the 1960s. The Sweet Auburn district formed the center of the African American business and residential community in Atlanta early in the twentieth century. Courtesy of Citizens Trust Bank 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.

Paul Coverdell was the first Republican since Reconstruction to be reelected to the U.S. Senate from Georgia. Elected to the Senate in 1992, he made a successful bid for a second term in 1998 but died unexpectedly only a year and a half later. A key figure in the establishment of a strong Republican Party in Georgia, Coverdell also served as the director of the Peace Corps from 1989 to 1991.

Located just outside the Pelham city limits, WABW-TV, Channel 14, is a full-power television station and a repeater of Georgia Public Broadcasting. The station's UHF tower broadcasts its signal as far south as Florida and well north of Albany. Photograph by Greg Loyd 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 founders of the Jeannette Rankin Foundation present the organization's first grant to Barbara Dixon, a student at Athens Technical College, in 1978. Standing, from left: Gail Dendy, Heather Kleiner, Margaret Holt, Reita Rivers. Seated, from left: Fred Friedricks (of Athens Technical College), Barbara Dixon, and Sue Bailey. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZoq6iomZjAcLzHoqOapqSdv7C82GalqKagp7yntdNmpqufkaO2u63Toqanq18%3D