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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5RF_liberty-county-citizens-council-1946-1953_Midway-GA.html
The Errosion of the Franchise With the passage of the 14th and 15th amendments to the U.S. Constitution in 1868 and 1869, African Americans were granted full citizenship and the right to vote. In less than a decade, nearly 100,000 black men had…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5RC_the-whitman-house_Ringgold-GA.html
This house of handmade brick was built about 1863 by Mr. William L. Whitman, prominent merchant of Ringgold. After the Battle of Ringgold General U. S. Grant established his headquarters here. When he and his staff were leaving he offered Mrs. Whi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5R9_new-life-for-dorchester-academy-1932-1940_Midway-GA.html
J. Roosevelt Jenkins, who was DorchesterAcademy's assistant principal, scienceteacher and athletic director, replacedElizabeth Moore as principal after her deathin 1932. He continued to strengthen theschool's curriculum and the thrivingathletic pr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5R8_working-together-at-the-dorchester-cooperative-center-1930s-1940s_Midway-GA.html
The Industrial Arts Department at Dorchester Academy taught students practical skills they could use in everyday life. The boys took classes in farming, woodworking, iron-working, and architecture. The girls were instructed in cooking, sewing, dre…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5R7_athletic-programs-at-dorchester-academy-1926-1940_Midway-GA.html
Founding the athletic programs was considered one of Principal Elizabeth Moore's greatest achievements. School teams came to be known as the Dorchester Academy Tigers and Tigerettes, with "Shag" the tiger as their mascot. Dorchester Academy partic…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5R4_the-cove-gorges-of-the-flint_Woodbury-GA.html
Pine Mountain to the south makes a complete loop forming a beautiful basin 4 miles in diameter known as `The Cove.` It is joined on the south by Oak Mountain, another hard quartz ridge. Flint River has avoided an easier course on either side and h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5R3_unknown-confederate-dead_The-Rock-GA.html
Here lie twelve Confederate soldiers, ?known but to God', who died of disease and wounds, 1864- 1865, in the General Hospital, Georgia State Line, located near this spot. Dr. A.P.Brown was senior surgeon in charge of the hospital. Dr. E.A. Flewell…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5QM_elizabeth-moore-at-dorchester-academy-1925-1932_Midway-GA.html
In 1925, Elizabeth B. Moore began her six-year tenure as Dorchester Academy's only female, African American principal. She insisted that both parents and community accept responsibility for supporting the school. She believed that charity and tuit…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5QK_the-growth-of-dorchester-academy-1874-1930s_Midway-GA.html
In 1872, African Americans from Liberty County began another letter writing campaign; this time for a teach to replace Eliza Ann Ward. They requested that their next teacher be both a teacher and a minister. In the spring of 1874, the community fi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5QJ_we-want-a-school-we-need-a-teacher-1870-1872_Midway-GA.html
In November 1870, William A. Golding, an African American memberof the Georgia Legislature, wrote the American Missionary Association (AMA) on behalf of the people of Liberty County requesting a teacher. "They want a teacher," he wrote, "preferabl…
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