Governor Lester Maddox performs his signature trick: riding a bicycle backward. 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 Atlanta Journal-Constitution. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaKSVqMGmvoymmJ2cn616coWQbmRraGBofK6tw6ivZqqZmbavs4yboJyxk6Gybq7AnKKwmaKZwG67zWaqraqVmsGgfI9qZg%3D%3D

The Massee Apartment Building in Macon is one of Hentz, Reid, and Adler's many notable commercial buildings in the state. Image from The Massee 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.

In 1856 noted architect John Norris was hired to build the school. Norris created Massie's central building on East Gordon Street at Calhoun Square. When it opened that same year, Massie was Savannah's first public school. Courtesy of Massie Heritage 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.

This portrait of opera singer Mattiwilda Dobbs was made in 1955 by the American photographer Carl Van Vechten, who photographed many notable artists of the Harlem Renaissance. Dobbs, the daughter of prominent Black activist John Wesley Dobbs, was a native of Atlanta and Spelman College graduate who rose to international fame as an opera diva during the 1950s. Dobbs performed at opera houses and festivals around the world, but she did not sing before an integrated audience in her home city until 1962.

Located in downtown Athens, the Morton Theatre was the first vaudeville theater in the United States that was built, owned, and operated by an African American. The successful businessman and politician Monroe Bowers “Pink” Morton financed the construction of the Morton Building (1909-10), located at 195 West Washington Street, on the corner of Washington and Hull streets. The building was the anchor of “Hot Corner,” the commercial center of Black life in Athens.