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As COVID cases dropped, Clarke County students began returning to UGA.

UGA Libraries will begin a two-year effort to digitize its archival collections related to urban renewal projects in Athens during the 1960s and 1970s.

President’s Office to provide special funding for two-year digitization project.

Special Collections displays life, legacy of Ted Turner April 30, 2021 The entry space for the museum level of the UGA Special Collections Building has been named the Ted Turner Exhibition Hall and Gallery, thanks to donations from the Turner Foundation and WarnerMedia, the company that now owns a variety of Turner-created broadcast stations. (Photo by Camie Williams) His life’s work ranged from broadcast media to protecting the Earth From his cowboy hat to his Lifetime Achievement Emmy Award and his World Series trophy, the life of CNN founder and environmentalist Ted Turner is on display ...

Hattie Thomas Whitehead remembers her time in Linnentown fondly.  She lived in the Black Athens community for the first 14 years of her life after her birth in 1948. A fourth generation resident, Thomas Whitehead spent her days playing softball, jump rope and jackstones with her six siblings and neighborhood friends.  The children knew to keep to themselves. A fence separated their neighborhood from the white neighborhood, a reminder that they weren’t welcome. Drivers sped up when Thomas Whitehead and her friends crossed Baxter Street on their way to the local grocery store. Studen...