Georgia Odyssey

Index

Index aaa (Agricultural Adjustment Administration), 62 abolition, 20–22, 27 Agricultural Adjustment Administration, 62 agriculture, 10, 34–35, 53, 62, 116, 124. See also farming Albany, Ga., 75, 117 Albany Movement, 75, 101, 117 Alma, Ga., 105 Alston, Thurnell, 79 American Revolution, 6, 8–10 Anderson, Bill, 102, 103 Andrews, Benny, 160 Andrews, Eliza Frances, 25–26 Andrews, George, 160 Andrews, Raymond, 105–6, 149, 161 Ansa, Tina McElroy, 148, 149 antebellum period, 10–20, 34–35, 52, 115, 145 Appalachee Red (Andrews), 106 Arnall, Ellis G., 58, 60, 61, 82, 83 artists, southern, 160–61 arts, nostalgia in, 102–7 Athens, Ga., 38, 70–71, 154, 159 Athens Daily News, 143–44 Atkinson County, 135, 136 Atlanta: during Civil War, 24, 26; Farmer’s Alliance and, 36; growth of, 87–88, 120–22; Henry Woodfin Grady and, 38, 40; Olympic Games in, 118, 119–20; pollution in, 125–26; restaurants in, 154; segregation in, 42–44; and state flag controversy, 114. Atlanta Constitution, 59, 144, 148 Atlanta Crackers, 151 Atlanta Journal, 58, 59, 90, 144 Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 118, 147, 151, 157 178 Index Atlanta Metropolitan Statistical Area, 120–22 Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, 160 Augusta, Ga., 9, 19, 76, 101, 160 authors, southern. See entries for specific authors b-52s, 159 Bacchanalia restaurant, 154 Bacon County, 53, 104 Baker v. Carr, 80–81 “Ballad of Little Mary Phagan,” 51, 100 Baptists, Southern, 85, 86, 141–42, 155 Barnes, Roy, 128 Barrett, Mell, 46–47 Barrow, David, 26 Bartley, Numan V., 44 baseball, 151 Battle of Bloody Marsh, 3 Baxley, Ga., 65 Bell Aircraft, 63 Benning, Henry L., 21–22 Berendt, John, 158–59 blacks: Atlanta population growth and, 121–22; civil rights movement and, 77–80; during Civil War, 26–27; Crackers and, 7–8; disfranchisement of, 27–30, 43–45; Farmers’ Alliance and, 37; relationships of, with Hispanics, 136–37; segregation of, 29, 42–43, 69–70, 77; as tenant farmers, 32–34, 37. See also lynchings; slavery Blind Willie (McTell), 101 Bloody Marsh, Battle of, 3 Blount, Roy, Jr., 84–85, 113, 120, 151 blues music, 101–2, 151 boll weevils, 61–62, 64, 124 bombing, Olympic Games, 117–18 Bond, Joseph, 19 Bourbon Triumvirate, 35–36, 38 Bowers, D. Talmadge, 60 Brenau College, 75 Brown, James, 101 Brown, Joseph E., 23, 24, 25, 35–36 Brunswick, Ga., 63, 149 Bryan, William Jennings, 37 “Bubba bourgeoisie,” 143–45 Bullock, Rufus, 29, 30 Bullsnort, Ga., 159 Burge, Dolly Lunt, 24–25 Burnett, John G., 12 Burns, Olive Ann, 103 Burns, Robert E., 51 Bush, George H. W., 107 Cain, John W., 23 Caldwell, Erskine, 53–54, 91, 94, 96 Callaway, Howard “Bo,” 82–83 Camilla, Ga., 29, 119 Camilla Massacre, 29 Camp, Lawrence, 58 Campbell, Colin, 147 Campbell, Tunis G., 30, 79 Index 179 Carmichael, Hoagy, 101–2 Carmichael, James V., 59, 60 carpet production, 89–90 Carson, Fiddlin’ John, 51, 56, 100–101 Carter, Billy, 85–86 Carter, Jimmy, 84, 85, 86, 130 Carter, Lillian, 85 Cartersville, Ga., 125 Casas, David, 137 Cash, W. J., 17–18, 52, 100, 118, 146, 150–51 Catholics, 4, 49, 96–97, 141, 149 Cedar Creek Baptist Church, 158 Cenci restaurant, 154 Centennial Olympic Park, 116–17 Chamblee, Ga., 134 Chambliss, Saxby, 131 Charles, Ray, 101–2 Chattahoochee County, 55 Cherokee County, 125, 135, 157 Cherokees, 11–12. See also Indians Chicago Sun Times, 144 Childhood, A (Crews), 104 churches, 142–43, 153, 158 cio (Congress of Industrial Organizations), 59 “City Lights,” 102, 103 Civil Rights Act of 1964, 80, 131 civil rights movement, 75–76, 78–80, 127–28 Civil War, 13, 20–27, 110, 152 Clark, Elijah, 10 Clay County, 122 Clayton County, 125 Cleland, Max, 131 Clinton, Bill, 107, 130 Cobb, Howell, 21 Cobb County, 8, 125, 139–41 Coca-Cola, 151 Colbert, January, 14–15, 26 Colbert, William, 14–15, 26–27 Cold Sassy Tree (O. A. Burns), 103 colleges, 48, 75, 76, 96, 99, 133. See also universities colonization, 3–10 Color Purple, The (Walker), 100 Colquitt, A. H., 35–36 Columbus, Ga., 19, 124, 125 Commerce, Ga., 102, 103 Confederate flag. See state flag controversy Congressional Reconstruction, 28–29 Congress of Industrial Organizations, 59 Conley, Larry, 148–49 cotton gins, 12–13 cotton production: during antebellum period, 19–20; Civil War and, 27; and cotton gins, 12–13; laying-by time during, 92; mechanization of, 64; during postbellum period, 31, 32, 33, 35...