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Musicians - New Georgia Encyclopedia

Bill Lowery, pictured in 1969, poses at Bill Lowery Enterprises, which included the Lowery Music Company and the National Recording Corporation. Lowery, known as "Mr. Atlanta Music," was a prominent disc jockey, producer, manager, and music publisher in the city from 1948 until his death in 2004. He was one of the first two inductees into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame, which he also helped to establish. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZoq6iomZjAcLnUrKCcoZGjwHA%3D

Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech - New Georgia Encyclopedia

A handwritten copy of Martin Luther King Jr.'s acceptance speech for the Nobel Peace Prize is included in the Morehouse College Martin Luther King Jr. Collection. King delivered the speech in Oslo, Norway, in 1964. 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.

North Metro Campus - New Georgia Encyclopedia

The North Metro campus of Chattahoochee Technical College, formerly known as North Metro Technical College, is located in Bartow County. The campus opened in 1985 to serve northwest Atlanta. Courtesy of Technical College System of Georgia 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.

Oglethorpe Power Corporation - New Georgia Encyclopedia

Oglethorpe Power Corporation is the largest electric power cooperative in the United States, with more than $1 billion in revenues, $7 billion in assets, and 4.1 million customers, as of 2011. It supplies wholesale electric power to thirty-nine of Georgia’s forty-one electric membership corporations (EMCs). Its headquarters are in Tucker, in DeKalb County. Oglethorpe Power’s mission is to meet the electric requirements of its member EMCs, which are owned by their residential, commercial, and industrial customers.

Organ, Fox Theatre - New Georgia Encyclopedia

The Fox Theatre's Moller Deluxe forty-two-rank pipe organ console is known as "Mighty Mo." The Moller has many sound effects, including songbirds and sirens. Photograph by Michael Portman. Courtesy of Fox Theatre 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.