Sandersville, Georgia
1. Elijah Muhammad (1897)
American Religious Leader
Muslim leader who believed in black nationalism for African Americans. He led the Nation of Islam from 1934 until his death in 1975 and Malcolm X and Louis Farrakhan were...
2. Ruby Muhammad (1907)
American Centenarian
African American Islamic leader nicknamed the "Mother of the Nation of Islam."
3. Georgia White (1903)
African American Blues Singer
Georgia White was an African American blues singer most prolific in the 1930s and 1940s. Little is known of her early life. By the late 1920s she was singing in...
4. Rienzi Melville Johnston (1849)
American Politician
Rienzi Melville Johnston was an American newspaperman and Democratic Party politician from Houston Texas. He headed the Houston Post for many years and in 1913 served a month in the...
5. Art Collins (basketball) (1954)
American Basketball Player
Arthur Art Collins is a retired American basketball player. He played collegiately for St. Thomas University. He was selected by the Boston Celtics in the 6th round of the 1976...
6. Marvin Lane (1950)
Baseball Player
Marvin Lane is a former Major League Baseball outfielder who played from 1971 to 1974 and in 1976 with the Detroit Tigers.
7. Beverly Daniel Evans, Jr. (1865)
United States Federal Judge
Beverly Daniel Evans Sr. was a United States federal judge. Born in Sandersville Georgia Evans received an A. B. from Mercer University in 1881 and an A. M. from...
8. Greg Minor (1971)
American Basketball Player
Greg Magado Minor is an American basketball coach and a former NBA basketball player who spent five seasons with the Boston Celtics. He has been an assistant coach with the...
9. Coot Veal (1932)
American Baseball Player
Orville Inman Coot Veal is a former Major League Baseball shortstop. He was signed by the Detroit Tigers before the 1952 season and later drafted by the Washington Senators from...
