Georgia (U.S. state): Difference between revisions

[[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>