Login
Forget?

Forget your password?
Remember Password?
  • Grants
  • Programs
    • National History Day
    • New Georgia Encyclopedia
    • Museum On Main Street
    • Books & Literacy
    • Governor’s Awards for the Arts & Humanities
    • Other Initiatives
    • Exhibitions
  • About
    • Board of Directors
    • Staff
    • Newsroom
    • Advocacy
    • Contact
  • Events
  • Stories
  • Donate
Sharing stories that move us and make us Sharing stories that move us and make us Sharing stories that move us and make us Sharing stories that move us and make us
  • Grants
  • Programs
    • National History Day
    • New Georgia Encyclopedia
    • Museum On Main Street
    • Books & Literacy
    • Governor’s Awards for the Arts & Humanities
    • Other Initiatives
    • Exhibitions
  • About
    • Board of Directors
    • Staff
    • Newsroom
    • Advocacy
    • Contact
  • Events
  • Stories
  • Donate

Archives

 Hazel Raines paved the way for generations of female pilots
2
By Allison Hutton
In Georgia History
Posted April 13, 2017

Hazel Raines paved the way for generations of female pilots

By Allison Hutton The Georgia Aviation Hall of Fame calls Hazel Raines the “First Lady of Flight.” This is an accurate description on many counts: Raines was the first woman in Georgia to earn a [...]

READ MORE
 Remembering educator Susie Wheeler
0
By Allison Hutton
In Education
Posted April 13, 2017

Remembering educator Susie Wheeler

By Jamil Zainaldin Between 1917 and 1932, some 5,000 lovingly designed and constructed Rosenwald Schools were built for rural African American children throughout the South [see “Bearing [...]

READ MORE
 Bearing witness: the Rosenwald Schools
1
By Allison Hutton
In Education
Posted April 13, 2017

Bearing witness: the Rosenwald Schools

By Jamil Zainaldin By 1917 the Reconstruction that was to have secured freedom and equal opportunity for 4.5 million former slaves in the South had vanished. In its place was the vision of a “New [...]

READ MORE
 Midwife Katie Hall Underwood delivered generations of Sapelo Island babies
2
By Allison Hutton
In Georgia History
Posted April 12, 2017

Midwife Katie Hall Underwood delivered generations of Sapelo Island babies

By Betty Hollan If you visited Sapelo Island between 1920 and 1968, you may have seen a strong, lean woman briskly walking from one end of the island to the other, a long seven-mile stretch, her [...]

READ MORE
 Eugene Bullard: boxer, pilot, soldier, spy, and elevator operator
2
By Allison Hutton
In Georgia History
Posted April 12, 2017

Eugene Bullard: boxer, pilot, soldier, spy, and elevator operator

By Chris Dobbs Eugene Bullard was born in Columbus, Georgia, in 1895. As an expatriate in France, he became a boxer, soldier, fighter pilot, business owner, and spy. During his final years, in [...]

READ MORE
 The “forever” of Flannery O’Connor — the lasting influence of a Southern Gothic writer
0
By Allison Hutton
In Books & Authors
Posted March 28, 2017

The “forever” of Flannery O’Connor — the lasting influence of a Southern Gothic writer

By Jamil Zainaldin Life, if we let it, can become a pressure cooker. We never seem satisfied by what we have or where we’ve gotten. There’s one more rung on the ladder to climb, one more [...]

READ MORE
Categories
  • Arts
  • Books & Authors
  • Civil & Human Rights
  • Community
  • Education
  • Georgia History
  • Grants
STAY CONNECTED
Sign up for our newsletter to get updates and information on the best things happening in Georgia!
GEORGIA HUMANITIES

50 Hurt Plaza, S.E., Suite 595
Atlanta, Georgia 30303

Phone: (404) 523-6220
Fax: (404) 523-5702

CONNECT WITH US
NEW GEORGIA ENCYCLOPEDIA
Copyright 2009-2019 by the Georgia Humanities Council. All rights reserved.

Start typing and press Enter to search