Covering The Civil Rights Movement
When getting the story was an act of courage, some Georgia journalists rose to the challenge. Most of them found that the story changed them, even as the movement changed their South.
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When getting the story was an act of courage, some Georgia journalists rose to the challenge. Most of them found that the story changed them, even as the movement changed their South.
One Museum Place in Midtown, across Peachtree from the Wodruff Arts Center, will be more than just another project for builder and museum benefactor John Wieland. It will be his new home.
This year is quite a milestone in 40 Under 40 history. First, 2006 marks the 10th year in which Georgia Trend has sought to identify those individuals who will lead our state's commercial, cultural, academic and governmental institutions into the future.
PSC Chair Angela Speir, a self-described "Southern Christian lady," doesn't shy away from conflict. She's voted against all the rate increases that have come before her, and she's an outspoken critic of the behind-the-scenes political negotiations that are the commission's hallmark.
As commander of the Georgia Army National Guard's 48th Brigade Combat Team, Brigadier General Stewart Rodeheaver put the community building tactics he honed in economic development with Georgia Power to work for the people of Iraq
Georgia's largest manufacturing industry supplies nearly 45 percent of the world's carpet, employs 45,000 workers and has a payroll that tops $4 billion annually. And it all started with tufted bedspreads sold along the sides of mountain roads.
Not all health care heroes hold MDs or wield scalpels. Meet six individuals who work behind the scenes in their hospitals and communities.
Across the state, dozens of small theatre groups entertain audiences, enrich their communities and help a bevy of citizen-actors find their inner Hamlet.
Georgia played a key role in establishing the cou ntry's central banking system, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta is one of a dozen regional banks that helps set national monetary policy. It's much more of a grassroots operation than you might think.
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