New Georgia Encyclopedia: Atlanta Compromise Speech

An interesting article gives the background and ramifications of the Atlanta Compromise speech given by Booker T. Washington in 1895.

The New Georgia Encyclopedia offers an excellent article describing the synopsis and details of the Atlanta campaign in which the Confederacy tried to stop Union General William Tecumseh Sherman from capturing Atlanta in 1864.

Read some introductory commentary before reading the speech Booker T. Washington gave in Atlanta in September, 1895. This speech became known as the Atlanta Compromise speech and has received mixed reviews over the years.

The New Georgia Encyclopedia discusses in-depth the life and work of civil and human rights leader, Coretta Scott King.

Article that retells the story behind the Atlanta race riots of 1906 where white mobs killed and wounded dozens of blacks in reaction to newspaper headlines of alleged assaults of white females by blacks, general racial tensions, the...

This resource offers a detailed account of how Georgia reacted to the American Revolutionary War and the battles that took place there. Uses popups

Learn about emancipation in the state of Georgia, the struggle for a new social order and all that it entailed in this article from the New Georgia Encyclopedia.

Mary Musgrove played an important role in the history of the Creeks and the state of Georgia helping to maintain peace on the frontier. The New Georgia Encyclopedia does an excellent job of outlining her life and accomplishments in this...

Learn about Georgia at this informative site that contains information about state, from the arts to land to resources.

The New Georgia Encyclopedia provides an article describing the role, recruitment, and enlistment of black troops in Georgia during the Civil War.