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Title Page: Famous Georgians in History

Page 1 -picture of Tommy “Grandfather, what are you doing?” “Hi Tommy! I’m playing my __favorite__ song!”

Page 2 - picture of grandfather at the piano, turned around “Grandfather, I Iove to hear you play your piano! What song is it?”

Page 3- text, picture of Thomas Dorsey “Tommy, that song was composed by Thomas Dorsey, the first African-American to __form__ a publishing company”.

Page 4 -text and picture of CD cover Precious Lord, Take my Hand “As a matter of fact, you’re named after him, Tommy.” “That song is Take my Hand Precious Lord.” Thomas Dorsey is a Georgian, and a famous gospel artist too,” Grandfather said.

Page 5 -text and picture of Ray Charles “Grandfather, are there more famous musicians from Georgia?” “Yes, indeed” grandfather said, and started to play “Georgia on my Mind.” Tommy jumped up and down, and said, “Yes, I know that one, it’s by Ray Charles!”

Page 6 -text and picture of Ray Charles Grandfather finished the song, and said, “Did you know that Ray Charles was completely blind when he was your age?” “He went on to study jazz and blues,” Grandfather said. “He’s played for several presidents!”

Page 7 -text and picture of Jimmy Carter, page 8 pictures of Jimmy Carter “Are there any presidents from Georgia?” “Oh, yes,” said Grandfather. “Jimmy Carter is from Plains GA, just down the __road__ from us.” “He still lives there.” “He was a peanut farmer.” It was big news when he became our 39th President!”

Page 9 -text and picture of Martin Luther King Jr. “Was he the first important person from Georgia?” asked Tommy. “Oh no,” grandfather said. “The man who worked for civil rights for African-Americans was from Georgia.”

Page 10 -text and picture of Martin Luther King Jr. “I remember the day I heard Martin Luther King Jr. speak.’ “He was an amazing man who asked that every man be judged by his character, and not the color of his skin,” Grandfather explained. “He was a preacher from Atlanta.”

Page 11 -text picture of James Oglethorpe and page 12 pictures of James Oglethorpe “Grandfather, how did Georgia __start__?” Tommy asked. “Well, James Oglethorpe came from England set up the first colony in Savannah,” said Grandfather. “But, he had lots of __help__.”

Page 13 -text and picture of Mary Musgrove “Who helped him?” asked Tommy. “James Oglethorpe made a good friend named Tomochichi who was a Native American.” “He helped Oglethorpe survive here in Georgia,” Grandfather said.

Page 14 -text and picture of Tomochichi “Of course, Tomochichi didn’t speak English, so in order for them to talk with each other, they needed __help__.” Grandfather explained,”Because her mother was Creek, and her father English, Mary Musgrave was able to speak both languages, and she translated for them.”

Page 15 -text and picture of Sequoyah, page 16 picture of Sequoyah “Were there other Native Americans important to Georgia’s history?” asked Tommy. “Yes”, said Grandfather. “A Native American named Sequoyah developed the Cherokee alphabet, which gave his tribe the ability to write.’

Page 17 -text and picture of Jackie Robinson, page 18 -pictures of Jackie Robinson Tommy said, “Are there any famous athletes from Georgia?” “Jackie Robinson was born in Georgia in 1919,” said Grandfather. “He was the first African American baseball player to play in the Major League!” “I wish I could have seen him play!” exclaimed Tommy.

Page 19 -text picture of Tommy, Page 20 -picture of Grandfather “Well, I’m sure if you keep up your practicing, you could be a great ballplayer too,” said Grandfather.“ “Maybe we can get up to Atlanta to see the Braves play.” “ I’d like that,” said Tommy. “Thanks for talking with me. I had no idea there were so many important Georgians in history!”