The Houstouns of Georgia

The Houstouns of Georgia
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Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Total Pages : 489
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ISBN-10 : 9780820359335
ISBN-13 : 0820359335
Rating : 4/5 (35 Downloads)

Synopsis The Houstouns of Georgia by : Edith Duncan Johnston

The Houstouns of Georgia shares the history of one of the oldest families in Georgia, showcasing its influential members and reflecting on the effect of one family throughout the state's history. Established by Sir Patrick Houstoun, who accompanied James Oglethorpe and helped him lay the foundations of the colony, the Houstoun family has called Georgia home since its inception. Over two hundred years after its founding, the author of The Houstouns of Georgia traces her own lineage back to the Houstoun family in her heavily researched account of the family’s presence in Georgia from its founding onward. The Georgia Open History Library has been made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this collection, do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

The Houstouns of Georgia

The Houstouns of Georgia
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Total Pages : 488
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ISBN-10 : 0820359351
ISBN-13 : 9780820359359
Rating : 4/5 (51 Downloads)

Synopsis The Houstouns of Georgia by : Edith Johnston

The Houstouns of Georgia shares the history of one of the oldest families in Georgia, showcasing its influential members and reflecting on the effect of one family throughout the state's history. Established by Sir Patrick Houstoun, who accompanied James Oglethorpe and helped him lay the foundations of the colony, the Houstoun family has called Georgia home since its inception. Over two hundred years after its founding, the author of The Houstouns of Georgia traces her own lineage back to the Houstoun family in her heavily researched account of the family's presence in Georgia from its founding onward.

A Land So Dedicated

A Land So Dedicated
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Total Pages : 325
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ISBN-10 : 0966626907
ISBN-13 : 9780966626902
Rating : 4/5 (07 Downloads)

Synopsis A Land So Dedicated by : Bobbe Hickson Nelson

In His Own Words

In His Own Words
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Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 0881465453
ISBN-13 : 9780881465457
Rating : 4/5 (53 Downloads)

Synopsis In His Own Words by : Houston Hartsfield Holloway

This 24,000 word autobiography offers a rare perspective on life during the most transformative years of US history. Houston Hartsfield Holloway (1844-1917) was born enslaved in upcountry Georgia, taught himself to read and write, learned the blacksmith trade, was emancipated by Union victory in 1865, and served as an ordained traveling preacher in the African Methodist Episcopal Church from 1870 to 1883.

A List of the Early Settlers of Georgia

A List of the Early Settlers of Georgia
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Publisher : Genealogical Publishing Com
Total Pages : 126
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ISBN-10 : 9780806310312
ISBN-13 : 0806310316
Rating : 4/5 (12 Downloads)

Synopsis A List of the Early Settlers of Georgia by : Ellis Merton Coulter

Information pertaining to each settler consists, generally, of name, age, occupation, place of origin, names of spouse, children and other family members, dates of embarkation and arrival, place of settlement, and date of death. In addition, some of the more notorious aspects of the settlers' lives are recounted in brief, telltale sketches.

The Nashville Way

The Nashville Way
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Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Total Pages : 343
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ISBN-10 : 9780820343266
ISBN-13 : 0820343269
Rating : 4/5 (66 Downloads)

Synopsis The Nashville Way by : Benjamin Houston

Among Nashville's many slogans, the one that best reflects its emphasis on manners and decorum is the Nashville Way, a phrase coined by boosters to tout what they viewed as the city's amicable race relations. Benjamin Houston offers the first scholarly book on the history of civil rights in Nashville, providing new insights and critiques of this moderate progressivism for which the city has long been credited. Civil rights leaders such as John Lewis, James Bevel, Diane Nash, and James Lawson who came into their own in Nashville were devoted to nonviolent direct action, or what Houston calls the “black Nashville Way.” Through the dramatic story of Nashville's 1960 lunch counter sit-ins, Houston shows how these activists used nonviolence to disrupt the coercive script of day-to-day race relations. Nonviolence brought the threat of its opposite—white violence—into stark contrast, revealing that the Nashville Way was actually built on a complex relationship between etiquette and brute force. Houston goes on to detail how racial etiquette forged in the era of Jim Crow was updated in the civil rights era. Combined with this updated racial etiquette, deeper structural forces of politics and urban renewal dictate racial realities to this day. In The Nashville Way, Houston shows that white power was surprisingly adaptable. But the black Nashville Way also proved resilient as it was embraced by thousands of activists who continued to fight battles over schools, highway construction, and economic justice even after most Americans shifted their focus to southern hotspots like Birmingham and Memphis.

The Kings of Big Spring

The Kings of Big Spring
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Total Pages : 384
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ISBN-10 : 9781250058911
ISBN-13 : 1250058910
Rating : 4/5 (11 Downloads)

Synopsis The Kings of Big Spring by : Bryan Mealer

In Texas blood is bond and oil is king.