Georgia Learn More Resources

Learn More – John Percival, Earl of Egmont Born Robert G. McPherson, ed., The Journal of the Earl of Egmont: Abstract of the Trustees Proceedings for Establishing the Colony of Georgia, 1732-1738 (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1962). “Trustee Georgia, 1732-1752.” New Georgia Encyclopedia. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-816&sug=y Sir John Percival papers, also called: The Egmont Papers, 1732-1745. […]

Learn More – Jewish Settlers in Georgia Valerie Frey, The Jewish Community of Savannah (Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia, 2002). Mark I. Greenberg, “‘A Haven of Benignity’: Conflict and Cooperation between Eighteenth-Century Savannah Jews,” Georgia Historical Quarterly 86 (winter 2002): 544-568. Kaye Kole, The Minis Family of Georgia, 1733-1995 (Savannah, Ga.: Georgia Historical Society, 1992). B. H. […]

Learn More – New Coke & Coca-Cola Classic “Coke Lore: The Real Story of New Coke.” http://www.thecoca- colacompany.com/heritage/cokelore_newcoke.html Read reactions from real customers to the New Coke: http://www.thecoca- colacompany.com/heritage/pdf/stories/Heritage_CokeStories_newcokestories.pdf “New Coke, 20 years later, and other marketing fiascoes.” By Michael E. Ross. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7209828/ns/us_news/t/it-seemed-good-idea- time/#.T85OLVLNmJU New Coke Commercial featuring Bill Cosby: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4YvmN1hvNA “New Coke” Coca-Cola Commercial […]

Learn More – Chattahoochee National Forest Established Chattahoochee – Oconee National Forest History and Culture Page: http://www.fs.usda.gov/detailfull/conf/learning/history culture/?cid=STELPRDB5286010&width=full Forest History Society: http://www.foresthistory.org/About/index.html Weeks Act: 100 Years of Land Conservation http://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5288441.pdf BlueRidgeMountain: http://blueridgemountains.com/chattahoochee_national_forest.html US Forest Service History: http://www.fs.fed.us/aboutus/history/ Forestry terms on about.com: http://forestry.about.com/library/glossary/blforglf.htm

Learn More – Hamilton Holmes Robert A. Pratt, We Shall Not Be Moved: The Desegregation of the University of Georgia (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2002). Trillin, Calvin. An Education in Georgia; The Integration of Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes. New York, Viking Press, 1964 Cohen, Robert 1996. “Two, Four, Six Eight, We Don’t Want […]

Learn More – Battle of Bloody Marsh Margaret Davis Cate, “Fort Frederica and the Battle of Bloody Marsh,” Georgia Historical Quarterly 27 (June 1943). Larry E. Ivers, British Drums on the Southern Frontier: The Military Colonization of Georgia, 1733-1749 (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1974). “Battle of Bloody Marsh.” New Georgia Encyclopedia. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-806&sug=y […]

Learn More – Charles McCartney “Goat Man” E. Randall Floyd, Great Southern Mysteries (Little Rock, Ark.: August House, 1989). Goat Man: The Life and Times of Ches McCartney, prod. and dir. Jimmy Hammett (Molena, Ga.: JCH Entertainment, 1993), video. Goat Man 2: More Stories of the American Folklore Legend, writ. and prod. Jimmy Hammett (Molena, […]

Learn More – Atlanta International Pop Festival Ursula Alexander, “Alex Cooley, Rock ‘n’ Roll Messiah?” Atlanta Gazette, November 6, 1974. Steve Dollar, “Big Man, Big Festival: Alex Cooley’s Music Midtown May Become Concert King’s Crowning Legacy,” Atlanta Journal-Constitution, May 7, 1995. “Alex Cooley (b. 1939).” New Georgia Encyclopedia. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1715&hl=y “We Can All Join In: How […]

Learn More – Peachtree Road Race Peachtree Road Race: http://www.peachtreeroadrace.org/ Atlanta Track Club: http://www.atlantatrackclub.org/ AJC Peachtree Road Race: http://www.ajc.com/sports/peachtree-road-race/

Learn More – Ernest Vandiver James F. Cook, The Governors of Georgia, 1754-2004, 3d ed. (Macon, Ga.: Mercer University Press, 2005). Harold Paulk Henderson, Ernest Vandiver, Governor of Georgia (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2000). Charles Pyles, “S. Ernest Vandiver and the Politics of Change” in Georgia Governors in an Age of Change: From Ellis […]