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Emory University

(Encyclopedia) Emory UniversityEmory Universityĕmˈərē [key], near Atlanta, Ga.; coeducational; United Methodist; chartered as Emory College 1836, opened 1837 at Oxford. It became Emory Univ. in 1915…

McGill, Ralph Emerson

(Encyclopedia) McGill, Ralph EmersonMcGill, Ralph Emersonməgĭlˈ [key], 1898–1969, American journalist and publisher, b. E Tenn. A proponent of civil rights, he was expelled from Vanderbilt Univ. for…

Atlanta Falcons (7-9)

Atlanta Falcons (7-9)at San Fran.L, 13-16*CarolinaW, 24-16at ArizonaW, 34-14ChicagoL, 3-31San Fran.L, 31-37*at New OrleansW, 20-13OPEN—N. EnglandL, 10-24DallasW, 20-13at Green BayW, 23-20at…

White, Walter Francis

(Encyclopedia) White, Walter Francis, 1893–1955, American civil-rights leader, b. Atlanta, Ga., grad. Atlanta Univ., 1916. From 1931 until his death he was secretary of the National Association for…

Clark College

(Encyclopedia) Clark College: see Atlanta Univ. Center.

Dodge, Grenville Mellen

(Encyclopedia) Dodge, Grenville Mellen, 1831–1916, Union general in the Civil War and railroad builder, b. Danvers, Mass. Before the war Dodge, a civil engineer, did railroad work in the West. After…