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Charles Sherrod. Parent (s) Grace and Hosie Miller. Shirley Sherrod (born November 20, 1947 [2]) is the Executive Director for the Southwest Georgia Project and Vice President of Development for New Communities at Cypress pond. [3] Sherrod is a civil rights activist who has devoted most of her life advocating for farmers and rural residents.
Mary Turner (c. 1885 [11] – 19 May 1918) was a young, married black woman and mother of three—including an unborn child—who was lynched by a white mob in Lowndes County, Georgia, for having protested the lynching death of her husband Hazel "Hayes" Turner the day before in Brooks County. [16] She was eight months pregnant, and her baby was ...
On January 11, 2013, the body of Kendrick Johnson (October 10, 1995 – January 10, 2013) was discovered inside a vertical rolled-up mat in the gymnasium of Lowndes High School in Valdosta, Georgia, United States, where he was a student. [1][2][3][4] After a preliminary investigation and autopsy concluded that Johnson's death was accidental ...
Amitral "AJ" Simon, a former defensive lineman for the University at Albany’s football team and a prospect for the 2024 NFL draft, died at the age of 25 on Wednesday, according to a statement ...
Richard Brevard Russell Jr. (November 2, 1897 – January 21, 1971) was an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 66th Governor of Georgia from 1931 to 1933 before serving in the United States Senate for almost 40 years, from 1933 to 1971. Russell was a founder and leader of the conservative coalition that ...
August – December 1985. Country. U.S. State (s) Georgia. Date apprehended. March 13, 1986. Terri Eden Maples Rachals is a former nurse from Georgia who was accused of killing people at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany, Georgia with potassium chloride, a heart-stopping drug. While suspected of killing at least nine of her patients ...
Albany, Georgia. (2020) Albany (/ ɔːlˈbɪni / awl-BIH-nee) is a city in the U.S. state of Georgia. Located on the Flint River, it is the seat of Dougherty County, and is the sole incorporated city in that county. Located in Southwest Georgia, [ 4 ] it is the principal city of the Albany metropolitan area. The city's population was 68,089 in ...
Samuel Farkas House. The Samuel Farkas House is a historic residence in Albany, Georgia. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 9, 1977. It is located at 328 West Broad Avenue. Samuel Farkas (October 25, 1921 - December 30, 2012) was a war hero in World War II and part of the family that operated the New Albany Hotel.