New Web site launched for civil rights project cofounded by UGA faculty. Research including more than 60 video interviews with civil rights figures and leading public officials from Georgia and around the country is showcased on a new Web site for the Foot Soldier Project (FSP) for Civil Rights Studies. Read more >

Maurice Daniels named dean of UGA School of Social Work. Maurice C. Daniels, a teacher, researcher and administrator in the University of Georgia School of Social Work for 26 years and a noted scholar of the civil rights movement in Georgia, has been named the new dean of the school. Read more >

Attorney Donald L. Hollowell, 1917-2004 Read more >

Judge W.A. "Gus" Bootle, 1903-2005 Read more >

UGA education professor and co-director of the Foot Soldier Project for Civil Rights Studies Derrick Alridge one of 10 rising stars in academe featured in Black Issues in Higher Education
University of Georgia education professor Derrick P. Alridge is one of 10 outstanding young African-American scholars in the nation featured in this month’s edition of Black Issues in Higher Education. Read more >

Director of UGA’s Russell Library and member of the Foot Soldier Project for Civil Rights Studies faculty Sheryl Vogt recipient of the Scone Foundation’s 2004 Archivist Award
Sheryl B. Vogt, director of the Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies at the University of Georgia, is the 2004 recipient of the Archivist of the Year Award. Read more >