Attapulgus, Georgia

Attapulgus, United States

Attapulgus, Georgia connects to 197 other places across 5 topics through 9 Bunkabop connections, anchored in civil rights history and Indigenous language. The town was the birthplace of civil rights leader Hosea Williams (1926–2000), who co-led the 1965 march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, that helped pass the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Its name derives from a Muscogee word meaning "Dogwood," and the mineral attapulgite was later named after the town. Florida and Alabama share the most connections here.