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Gabby Douglas
Gymnast Gabrielle "Gabby" Douglas became the first African-American to win the Olympic gold medal as individual all-around champion when she was 16 years old, at the Summer Olympics in London in 2012…Kirk Douglas
Name at birth: Issur Danielovich DemskyKirk Douglas was one of the great Hollywood stars of the 1950s and 1960s, when he played manly and upright heroes in films like the slave epic Spartacus and the…Troup, George Michael
(Encyclopedia) Troup, George Michael, 1780–1856, governor of Georgia (1823–27), b. McIntosh Bluff, on the Tombigbee River, Ala. (then a part of Georgia). As governor, he was an extreme supporter of…Baldwin, Abraham
(Encyclopedia) Baldwin, Abraham, 1754–1807, American political leader, b. Guilford, Conn. After serving as a chaplain in the American Revolution, he studied law and in 1784 was admitted to practice…Cobb, Thomas Reade Rootes
(Encyclopedia) Cobb, Thomas Reade Rootes, 1823–62, American lawyer, b. Jefferson co., Ga.; brother of Howell Cobb. Admitted to the bar in 1842, he edited 20 volumes of the Georgia supreme court…Yazoo land fraud
(Encyclopedia) Yazoo land fraud, name given to the sale in 1795 by an act of the Georgia legislature of vast holdings in the Yazoo River country to four land companies following the wholesale bribery…Helen Gahagan DOUGLAS, Congress, CA (1900-1980)
DOUGLAS Helen Gahagan , a Representative from California; born in Boonton, Morris County, N.J., November 25, 1900; attended the public schools, Berkeley School for Girls, Brooklyn, N.Y., Capen…Georgia (Country)
Infoplease has everything you need to know about Georgia (Country). Check out our country profile, full of essential information about Georgia (Country)'s geography, history, government, economy,…Georgia Information
The Question: I'm a student in middle school, and I'd appreciate it a lot if you guys could send me some information on the state of Georgia. The Answer…JOHNSON, Clete Donald, Jr. (Don), Congress, GA (1948)
JOHNSON Clete Donald, Jr. (Don) , a Representative from Georgia; born in Atlanta, Ga., January 30, 1948; attended the public schools of Franklin County, Ga.; B.A., University of Georgia, 1970, J.D…Trending
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