91. Upper Coastal Plain

The Upper Coastal Plain of Georgia is bounded on the north by the fall line and extends south to Florida...

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92. Gwinnett, Button (1735-1777)

Button Gwinnett was one of three Georgia signers of the Declaration of Independence. He served in Georgia's...

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93. Jackson, Maynard (1938-2003)

Elected mayor of Atlanta in 1973, Maynard Jackson was the first African American to serve as mayor of...

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94. Man-Made Lakes

Man-made lakes are water impoundments?or water accumulated in reservoirs?that do...

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95. County Unit System

The county unit system was established in 1917 when the Georgia legislature, overwhelmingly dominated...

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96. Macon

Macon, the seat of Bibb County, is the retail, medical, financial, educational, and cultural center of...

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97. Providence Canyon

Providence Canyon is a network of gorges in southwest Georgia created by the erosion of soft, multicolored...

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98. Blues Music: Overview

The blues is a blending of African and European traditional music characterized by its melancholy (or...

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99. Charles, Ray (1930-2004)

As a performer and recording artist in the late 1950s and early 1960s, Ray Charles pioneered a new style...

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100. Rainey, Gertrude "Ma" (1886-1939)

Styled as the "Mother of the Blues," Gertrude Malissa Nix Pridgett Rainey, better known as "Ma" Rainey,...

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