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Zell Miller Suggested Readings Richard Hyatt, Zell: The Governor Who Gave Georgia HOPE (Macon, Ga.: Mercer University Press, 1997). Zell Miller, Corps Values (Atlanta: Longstreet Press, 1996). Zell Miller, The Mountains within Me (Toccoa, Ga.: Commercial Printing Company, 1976).

John Donald Wade Suggested Readings Robert G. Benson, “The Excellence of John Donald Wade,” Mississippi Quarterly 29 (1976): 233-39. I’ll Take My Stand: The South and the Agrarian Tradition (1930; reprint, Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, [1977]). Michael O’Brien, “Wade: A Turning Inward,” The Idea of the American South, 1920- 1941 (Baltimore, Md.: Johns […]

Bobby Jones Suggested Readings Mark Frost, The Grand Slam: Bobby Jones, America, and the Story of Golf (New York: Hyperion, 2004). Stephen R. Lowe, “Demarbleizing Bobby Jones,” Georgia Historical Quarterly 83 (winter 1999): 660-82 Sidney L. Matthew, Life and Times of Bobby Jones: Portrait of a Gentleman(Chelsea, Mich.: Sleeping Bear Press, 1995). Ron Rapoport, The […]

Archibald Butt Suggested Readings Lawrence F. Abbott, ed., The Letters of Archie Butt(Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page and Co., 1924). Archibald W. Butt, Both Sides of the Shield (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co., 1912). Archibald W. Butt, Taft and Roosevelt: The Intimate Letters of Archie Butt(Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Doran and Co., 1930). New Georgia […]

Robert Benham Suggested Readings Bill Rankin, “‘A Justice for ‘the Oppressed’; Man Who Broke Courts’ Color Barrier Aims to Safeguard All Georgians’ Rights,” Atlanta Journal-Constitution, April 4, 2004. New Georgia Encyclopedia: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h‐2784&hl=y. Georgia Supreme Court: http://www.gasupreme.us/biographies/benham.php

Agnes Scott College Suggested Readings Walter Edward McNair, Lest We Forget: An Account of Agnes Scott College ([Decatur, Ga.]: Agnes Scott College, 1983). M. Lee Sayrs and Christine S. Cozzens, A Full and Rich Measure: 100 Years of Educating Women at Agnes Scott College, 1889-1989 (Atlanta: Susan Hunter, 1990). New Georgia Encyclopedia: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h- 1451&hl=y

Ray Charles Suggested Readings Ray Charles and David Ritz, Brother Ray: Ray Charles’ Own Story (New York: Dial Press, 1978). Michael Lydon, Ray Charles: Man and Music (New York: Riverhead, 1998). Ruth Turk, Ray Charles, Soul Man (Minneapolis: Lerner, 1996). New Georgia Encyclopedia: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-911&hl=y

Lamar Dodd Suggested Readings Emily Ann Arthur, ed., Lamar Dodd: The C. L. Morehead Jr. Collection (Athens, Ga.: n.p., 1997). William U. Eiland, The Truth in Things: The Life and Career of Lamar Dodd(Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1996). Anne King, A Shared Vision: The Life and Art of Lamar Dodd (LaGrange, Ga.: LaGrange Art […]

Alonzo Herndon Suggested Readings Alexa Benson Henderson, “Alonzo Herndon and Black Insurance in Atlanta, 1904-1915” Atlanta Historical Bulletin 21 (spring 1977). Alexa Benson Henderson, Atlanta Life Insurance Company: Guardian of Black Economic Dignity (Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 1990). Carole Merritt, The Herndons: An Atlanta Family(Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2002).

Suggested Readings Wallace B. Eberhard, “Clark Howell and the Atlanta Constitution,” Journalism Quarterly 60, no. 1 (1983): 118-22. Dennis J. Pfennig, “The Captain Retires: Clark Howell Takes the Helm,” Atlanta Historical Journal 25 (summer 1981): 5-20.