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Gordon College was known as Gordon Military College from the mid-1930s until 1972. [ 5 ] In the 1950s, ownership of the school passed to the city of Barnesville, which consolidated its government-funded public schools for whites in grades 8-12 , while continuing to bus black students to racially segregated Lamar County schools.
John B. Gordon Road in Gordon's 2nd home Taylor County, Georgia, is named in his honor. A statue dedicated to Gordon stands on the lawn of the Thomaston, Georgia, courthouse. Gordon State College (Georgia) in Barnesville, Georgia, is named for him. John B. Gordon Hall Archived June 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine in LaFayette, Georgia is named ...
Gordon State College in Barnesville, Georgia was known as The Male and Female Seminary from its foundation in 1852, becoming the Gordon Institute in 1872, Gordon College in 1907, and Gordon Military College from the mid-1930s until 1972.
Barnesville is a city in Lamar County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2010 census , the city had a population of 6,755, [ 4 ] up from 5,972 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Lamar County and is just outside of the Atlanta metropolitan area .
Helena B. Cobb (née Helena Maud Brown; January 24, 1869 – December 22, 1922) was an American educator and missionary from Georgia.Born in Monroe County, Georgia, she attended Atlanta University and served as an educator and principal at many schools for African Americans in the state.
Fox was born in Atlanta and attended Gordon High School in Barnesville, Georgia. A 6'10" center, Fox played in junior college before enrolling his junior year at the University of South Carolina, playing in 13 games his junior season. He burst onto the scene his senior year, 1964–65, leading the Gamecocks in both scoring and rebounding. He ...
Gordon College may refer to: Gordon State College, a public college in Barnesville, Georgia; Gordon College (Massachusetts), a Christian college in Wenham, Massachusetts; Government Gordon College, a Christian college in Rawalpindi, Pakistan; Gordon College (Philippines), a public university in Olongapo City, Zambales
James Arthur Williams was born in 1930 in Gordon, Georgia, to Arthur Costlar, a barber, and Blanche Brooks Williams. [1] He studied piano at Middle Georgia College and interior design at Ringling College in Sarasota, Florida. [2] He dropped out of Ringling after the second of three years and enrolled at Mercer University in Macon, Georgia. [3]