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These are the people who hauled Georgia up from its poor, agrarian roots, making it among the most diversified, prosperous states in the country. They fought for freedom and served in the statehouse and White House. They excelled at sports, founded institutions that shaped countless lives and inspired through art and lives lived artfully. They are famous, obscure, colorful, outrageous and saintly, all with fascinating stories and all consequential, sometimes in ways felt the world over. They include Martin Luther King Jr., Jimmy Carter, Ted Turner, Alice Walker, Juliette Gordon Low, Hammerin' Hank Aaron and Vince Dooley. Many here are no-brainers, while others may surprise. But all deserve recognition among the most influential Georgians of the twentieth century. Join author and longtime journalist Neely Young on this journey through the lives of these significant men and women.

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Young, a native of Cedartown and graduate of the University of Georgia, has long had an interest in the history of his home state and often wrote about Georgia's history and its people in his monthly columns before retiring from the magazine in 2017. In Georgia Made, he turns an eye to those who shaped the state as artists, civil rights leaders, politicians and sports heroes (and yes, famed Dawgs coach Vince Dooley is among them - but so is Jackets legend Bobby Dodd). There are famous names - from Hank Aaron to Martin Luther King to Alice Walker to Jimmy Carter - but also some that you may be meeting for the first time. All, however, had an outsized influence on Georgia, and Young takes us on a journey through their lives that only a native Georgia could tell, covering both their achievements and their disappointments with a keen narrative eye. Georgia Made

Young, a native of Cedartown and graduate of the University of Georgia, has long had an interest in the history of his home state and often wrote about Georgia's history and its people in his monthly columns before retiring from the magazine in 2017. In Georgia Made, he turns an eye to those who shaped the state as artists, civil rights leaders, politicians and sports heroes (and yes, famed Dawgs coach Vince Dooley is among them - but so is Jackets legend Bobby Dodd). There are famous names - from Hank Aaron to Martin Luther King to Alice Walker to Jimmy Carter - but also some that you may be meeting for the first time. All, however, had an outsized influence on Georgia, and Young takes us on a journey through their lives that only a native Georgia could tell, covering both their achievements and their disappointments with a keen narrative eye. Georgia Made

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Neely Young is a native of Cedartown, Georgia, a graduate of the University of Georgia and a proud journalist. In 1968, he joined his family-owned newspaper, the Valdosta Daily Times, working in the photography department. After leaving Valdosta, he worked in various positions, and as both editor and publisher, for Georgia newspapers in Valdosta, Marietta, Canton, Dalton and Clayton County. In 1986, he became CEO of Morris Newspaper Corporation, which owned and operated forty newspapers in six states. He has served as a curator on the Georgia Historical Society and often wrote about historical figures in his columns for Georgia Trend magazine. This book is a continuation of his long-standing interest in Georgia history and historical figures.

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