Georgia (U.S. state) Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! PreviewAdvancedSpecial charactersHelpHeadingLevel 2Level 3Level 4Level 5FormatInsertLatinLatin extendedIPASymbolsGreekGreek extendedCyrillicArabicArabic extendedHebrewBanglaTamilTeluguSinhalaDevanagariGujaratiThaiLaoKhmerCanadian AboriginalRunesÁáÀàÂâÄäÃãǍǎĀāĂ㥹ÅåĆćĈĉÇçČčĊċĐđĎďÉéÈèÊêËëĚěĒēĔĕĖėĘęĜĝĢģĞğĠġĤĥĦħÍíÌìÎîÏïĨĩǏǐĪīĬĭİıĮįĴĵĶķĹĺĻļĽľŁłŃńÑñŅņŇňÓóÒòÔôÖöÕõǑǒŌōŎŏǪǫŐőŔŕŖŗŘřŚśŜŝŞşŠšȘșȚțŤťÚúÙùÛûÜüŨũŮůǓǔŪūǖǘǚǜŬŭŲųŰűŴŵÝýŶŷŸÿȲȳŹźŽžŻżÆæǢǣØøŒœßÐðÞþƏəFormattingLinksHeadingsListsFilesDiscussionReferencesDescriptionWhat you typeWhat you getItalic''Italic text''Italic textBold'''Bold text'''Bold textBold & italic'''''Bold & italic text'''''Bold & italic textDescriptionWhat you typeWhat you getReferencePage text.<ref>[https://www.example.org/ Link text], additional text.</ref>Page text.[1]Named referencePage text.<ref name="test">[https://www.example.org/ Link text]</ref>Page text.[2]Additional use of the same referencePage text.<ref name="test" />Page text.[2]Display references<references />↑ Link text, additional text.↑ Link text==Notable people== {{Main|List of people from Georgia (U.S. state)}} [[Jimmy Carter]], from [[Plains, Georgia]], was President of the United States from 1977 to 1981. [[Martin Luther King Jr.]] was born in [[Atlanta]] in 1929. He was a [[civil rights movement]] leader who protested for equal rights and against racial discrimination. He won the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] in 1964.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Georgia|last=Tieck|first=Sarah|publisher=ABDO Publishing Company|year=2013|isbn=978-1-61783-348-9|location=Minneapolis, MN|page=22}}</ref> [[Blake R. Van Leer]] played an important role in the civil rights movement, Georgia's economy and was president of [[Georgia Tech]].<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|title=Blake Van Leer, Educator, Dead; Georgia Tech President Was 62—Barred Cancellation of Bowl Game Over Negro Hailed by Faculty Basketball Game Off|date=January 24, 1956}}</ref> [[Mordecai Sheftall]], the highest ranking Jewish officer in the American Revolution, was born and lived his life in Georgia.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/mordecai-sheftall-1735-1797|title=Mordecai Sheftall (1735–1797)|website=New Georgia Encyclopedia|access-date=June 5, 2020|archive-date=June 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603025540/https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/mordecai-sheftall-1735-1797|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Naomi Chapman Woodruff]], originally from Idaho, was responsible for developing a peanut breeding program in Georgia which lead to a harvest of nearly five times the typical amount.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Genetics of Peanuts|url=https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/science-medicine/genetics-peanuts|access-date=April 14, 2021|website=New Georgia Encyclopedia|archive-date=April 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413215926/https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/science-medicine/genetics-peanuts|url-status=live}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page