King George II of England signed the charter creating the colony of Georgia on April 21, 1732. Originally administered by a board of trustees, the colony later came under the direct governance of the king, from 1752 until his death in 1760, when his grandson George III assumed the throne. 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.

Atlanta author Margaret Mitchell, recognized on this 1986 Great Americans Series stamp, sold over 30 million copies of her novel, Gone With the Wind. 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.

Former Olympic speedskater Michael Plant, pictured in his Atlanta office in 1997, served as president of the Goodwill Games from 1995 until 2001. 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.

A commemorative stamp honoring Moina Belle Michael, a Walton County native and originator of the red memorial poppy, was first issued in November 1948. After World War I, paper poppies were sold and worn on Remembrance Day (Armistice Day), held on the second Sunday in November in Britain, to fund soldier rehabilitation. 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.

The National Center for Civil and Human Rights (NCCHR), located in downtown Atlanta, is a museum devoted to exploring the connections between the U.S. civil rights movement and the global struggle for human rights. The 42,000 square-foot facility opened in 2014 and features among its permanent exhibits the papers of Martin Luther King Jr. Though discussion of such a facility had circulated among Atlanta leaders for years, the effort only gained momentum when Ambassador Andrew Young and Evelyn Lowery approached Mayor Shirley Franklin about the matter in the early 2000s.