Groundbreaking for East Georgia College

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The groundbreaking for Emanuel County Junior College (later East Georgia State College) was held in 1972. Pictured left to right are George W. Walker, John A. Bell Jr., George L. Smith II, Luck Flanders Gambrell, and George L. Simpson.

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Groundbreaking for East Georgia College

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