Download or read book African American Life in DeKalb County 1823 1970 written by Herman Mason and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 1998 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DeKalb County, Georgia, is much more than just another of the suburban areas around the city of Atlanta. African Americans have long lived, worked, played, and worshiped in the area. In African-American Life in DeKalb County: 1823-1970, Herman "Skip" Mason Jr., author, professor, and historian, has compiled a lovingly crafted look at the county's rich African-American heritage. With images from the Georgia Department of Archives and History, the DeKalb Historical Society, and his own extensive archives, Mason couples fascinating images with illuminating text to create a unique look at the area and its people. Within these pages, discover little-known facts about the county's past residents, including Bukumbo, the young girl who was brought from Africa to Decatur to serve as a nurse, who quickly became a beloved member of the family and died only a short while later. Learn about the great impact that the Clark and Oliver families had on Decatur, and view famous sections and landmarks of the county, including Lithonia, Ellenwood, Stone Mountain, Doraville, Tucker, Chamblee, Clarkston, Lynwood Park, Scottdale, and South DeKalb.

Download or read book The Vagabond Dreamer written by Elizabeth S. Howard and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Howard was a doer as well as a dreamer. He achieved many great things during his lifetime including debating with Clarence Darrow, nominated for president of the United States, and attempted to impeach President Grover Cleveland.

Download or read book Historic Dekalb County written by Vivian Price and published by HPN Books. This book was released on 2008 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated history of DeKalb County, Georgia, paired with histories of the local companies.

Download or read book Population Report written by DeKalb County (Ga.). Planning Department and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Underground Railroad in DeKalb County Illinois written by Nancy M. Beasley and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2013-02-23 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about previously unidentified people who became Abolitionists involved in the antislavery movement from about 1840 to 1860. Although arrests were made in nearby counties, not one person was prosecuted for aiding a fugitive slave in DeKalb County, Illinois. First, the area Congregationalist, Universalist, Presbyterian and Wesleyan Methodist churches all had compelling antislavery beliefs. Church members, county elected officials, and the Underground Railroad conductors and stationmasters were all one and the same. Additionally, DeKalb County had the highest concentration of subscriptions to the Chicago-based Western Citizen antislavery newspaper. It was an accepted local activity to help escaped slaves. A biographical dictionary includes evidence and personal information for more than 600 men and women, and their families, who defied the prevailing Fugitive Slave Law, and helped the anti-slavery movement in this one Northern Illinois County. Unique photographs and illustrations are included along with notes, bibliography and index.

Download or read book Dekalb County written by Judy Fuson and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trace the history of DeKalb County, from happenings during the Civil War to its rich natural beauty and landmarks. DeKalb County has a vast and interesting history spanning from Confederate general John Hunt Morgan's raids on the North during the Civil War to the building of Center Hill Dam, which formed a beautiful lake that brings thousands of tourists to the county each year. The lake, encompassing 18,220 acres, displaced thousands of the earliest settlers' descendants along the Caney Fork River. The state legislature established DeKalb County from parts of surrounding counties in 1837. The county was named after Revolutionary War general Johann DeKalb, while the county seat of Smithville was named after state senator Samuel Granville Smith; neither man was from the county.

Download or read book DeKalb County Georgia written by League of Women Voters of DeKalb County, Ga and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Final Report written by DeKalb County (Ga.). Local Government Commission and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book History of DeKalb County Illinois written by Henry Lamson Boies and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book This is DeKalb County written by DeKalb County League of Women Voters and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book DeKalb County in Vintage Postcards written by Sue Ellen Owens and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2001 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before Fulton County, there was DeKalb County; before Atlanta, there was Decatur. It is a community rich in history and the "mother county" of the city of Atlanta. A tiny town called Terminus was established in 1846 and from this early settlement in DeKalb County, the South's most thriving city, its cosmopolitan center, was born. DeKalb County in Vintage Postcards depicts the tranquil days before the boom of Atlanta, revealing a landscape unfamiliar to present-day residents of the area. Postcard scenes of the famed Stone Mountain, Camp Gordon, and the historic neighborhood of Druid Hills are featured within these pages, along with a variety of churches and educational institutions.

Download or read book A Report of the DeKalb County Bound Commission as of July 1 1949 written by DeKalb County Bond Commission and published by . This book was released on 1949* with total page 11 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Past and Present of DeKalb County Illinois written by Lewis M. Gross and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 698 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Dekalb County written by Dekalb Co., Ga. Local Government Commission and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Life in Dixie During the War written by Mary Ann Harris Gay and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book DeKalb County Government written by League of Women Voters of DeKalb County and published by . This book was released on 1952 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Final Report of Dekalb County Local Government Commission Dekalb County Georgia December 1 1960 with Supplementary Data written by Dekalb County Local Government Commission and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: