This 1979 Black Heritage Series postage stamp honors the legacy of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Courtesy of Smithsonian National Postal Museum 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.

Mel Blount played professional football with the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL) from 1970 through 1983. A four-time all-pro cornerback, he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1989. Melvin Cornell Blount was born on April 10, 1948, in Vidalia, in Toombs County, to Alice and James Blount. He was the youngest of eleven children. His father struggled as a subsistence farmer, and Blount grew up in a home without plumbing or electricity.

With a wide fuselage, distinctive high tail, and multiwheeled landing gear, the C-130 Hercules is one of the most versatile and rugged transport aircraft ever built. Beyond its role as a versatile cargo and troop transport, C-130s are used as bombers, cannon-firing gunships, hurricane hunters, aerial refueling tankers, air ambulances, firefighters, and even aerial sprayers. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZoq6iomZjAcLnIpaCtmaKueqq6w66qraqZmsBw

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Rabun Gap Industrial School students gather for a photograph outside the school's first building circa 1910. The building was designed by Atlanta architect Haralson Bleckley (son of Rabun County native and judge Logan Bleckley). 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.