Editing Terrell County, Georgia (section)

==Notable people==
* [[Benjamin J. Davis Jr.]], [[Harvard Law School]] graduate and elected to New York City Council. Defended [[Angelo Herndon]] in Georgia against insurrection charges for organizing a union, resulting in a U.S. Supreme Court case that ruled against Georgia's insurrection law as unconstitutional.<ref name="emory">[https://scholarblogs.emory.edu/emorycoldcases/the-james-brazier-case/2/ "An Overview of the Brazier Case"], Georgia Civil Rights Cold Cases Project, Emory University, accessed April 6, 2016</ref>
* [[Walter Washington]], activist and politician, elected as the first black mayor of [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref name="emory" /> after Congress granted home rule to the city.
* [[Otis Redding]], rhythm and blues singer; one of the first crossover artists appealing to both young blacks and whites in the post-[[World War II]] era.
* [[Cole Swindell]], is an American country music singer and songwriter who attended Terrell Academy in Dawson, Georgia.