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Most Popular Articles

This page displays the most popular articles on the NGE from the last 30 days.

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1. King Jr., Martin Luther (1929-1968)

Martin Luther King Jr., Baptist minister and president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference...

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2. Worcester v. Georgia (1832)

In the court case Worcester v. Georgia, the U.S. Supreme Court held in 1832 that the Cherokee Indians...

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3. Savannah City Plan

Savannah's remarkable city plan is distinguished from those of previous colonial towns by its repeated...

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4. Oglethorpe, James Edward (1696-1785)

As visionary, social reformer, and military leader, James Oglethorpe conceived of and implemented his...

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5. O'Connor, Flannery (1925-1964)

Flannery O'Connor is considered one of America's greatest fiction writers and one of the strongest apologists...

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6. Ku Klux Klan in the Reconstruction Era

From 1868 through the early 1870s the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) functioned as a loosely organized group of political...

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7. Bourbon Triumvirate

The term Bourbon Triumvirate refers to Georgia's three most powerful and prominent politicians of the post-...

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8. Georgia General Assembly

A form of representative government has existed in Georgia since January 1751. Its modern embodiment,...

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9. Blue Ridge Mountains

The Blue Ridge Mountains in northeast Georgia make up the state's highest mountain range. The range of...

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10. Great Depression

The stock market crash in the waning days of October 1929 heralded the beginning of the worst economic...

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