Supporters of LGBTQ+ rights gather outside the U.S. Supreme Court Building during oral arguments for Bostock v. Clayton County (2020). By a 6-3 majority, the Court ruled that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects employees against discrimination and unjust termination based on their sexual orientation. 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.

After  a brief teaching career in Cartersville, Charlotte “Lottie” Digges Moon spent nearly forty years (1873-1912) in China as a Baptist missionary. In an extraordinary life punctuated with selfless acts of devotion and faith in God, the teacher and evangelist paved the way for Baptists’ traditionally solid support for missions. Moon was born on December 12, 1840, to affluent and staunchly Baptist parents, Anna Maria Barclay and Edward Harris Moon. She grew up (to her full height of 4 feet 3 inches) on the family’s ancestral plantation, Viewmont, in Albemarle County, Virginia.

The Greek revival–style building housing the Marietta/Cobb Museum of Art in Marietta was previously used as a post office and a library. The museum opened in 1990 and specializes in nineteenth- and twentieth-century American art. 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.

Mary Frances Early, the first African American to graduate from the University of Georgia, sits in her Center Myers dorm room, which also housed Charlayne Hunter-Gault, the first African American woman to be admitted to the university. A riot erupted outside of this room two days after Hunter arrived on campus in 1961. Courtesy of Mary Frances Early 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.

Note from the Editors: In January 2013 Middle Georgia College merged with Macon State College to form Middle Georgia State College (later Middle Georgia State University). This article chronicles the history of Middle Georgia College from its founding until the time of the merger. Middle Georgia College is a comprehensive two-year college within the University System of Georgia. In addition to its main campus in Cochran and selected off-campus sites, the college collaborates with Georgia Southern University to offer courses at the Dublin Center in Dublin.