Oglethorpe University far surpassed its goal to raise $100,000 at the annual fundraiser on Wednesday, Feb. 12, held in honor of the school’s namesake, Gen. James Edward Oglethorpe. By the time ...

A Black author takes a new look at Georgia’s white founder and his failed attempt to ban slavery. In new book, Michael Thurmond makes a case that Georgia's colonial founder "helped breathe life ...

James B. Oglethorpe VIRGINIA BEACH - James B. Oglethorpe, 94, of the 400 block of Cedar Lane, passed away Oct. 8, 2010 in his home. He was a graduate of Riv ...

We know that not all is as it seems with Thanksgiving, and Tomochichi’s history with James Oglethorpe is no different. Tomochichi was, in fact, an outcast from his home town, the Muscogee (Creek ...

When Michael L. Thurmond, CEO of DeKalb County, served on the Georgia’s James Oglethorpe Tercentenary Commission in 1996, he was part of a delegation that visited Oglethorpe’s grave in Cranham ...

“He founded slave-free Georgia in 1733 and, 100 years later, England abolishes slavery,” DeKalb County CEO Michael Thurmond said, referring to James Edward Oglethorpe. “He was a man far ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - The Georgia Historical Society is continuing its 2024 Georgia History Festival programming on Thursday, Nov. 14 with the presentation of a lecture about Savannah founder James ...

A: James Oglethorpe was a member of the Royal African Company, as of course were many other English gentlemen. But I think that Oglethorpe's opposition to slavery in Georgia had to do with the ...

Two-hundred eighty-six years ago this month, General James Oglethorpe and 114 colonists set sail from London, England aboard the Anne, charting a course for the New World in order to establish the ...