Laney Walker in Augusta in Richmond County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)

Miss Lucy Craft Laney

1854-1933

Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, June 10, 2023

1. Miss Lucy Craft Laney Marker

Inscription. Lucy Craft Laney was born in Macon, Georgia, during slavery. She graduated in Atlanta University's first class in 1873. Ten years later, she founded Haines Normal and Industrial Institute in the lecture room of Christ Presbyterian Church of Augusta. She established the Nurses Training Institute for African-American girls, forerunner of the Nurses School of University Hospital; a kindergarten for African Americans in Augusta, one of the first in the South; the first football team from an African-American high school in Georgia, and gave Mary McCloud Bethune her first teaching job. Miss Laney also helped to establish the Augusta NAACP. Her portrait hangs in the Georgia State Capitol, and she is a distinguished member of the Georgia Women of Achievement housed at Wesleyan College in Macon. Her former home is now an African-American museum.

Erected by Augusta African-American Historical Committee Sponsors.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Civil Rights • Education • Women. In addition, it is included in the Georgia - Augusta African-American History Walk series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1873.

Location. 33° 28.002′ N, 81° 58.913′

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W. Marker is in Augusta, Georgia, in Richmond County. It is in Laney Walker. Marker is at the intersection of Laney Walker Boulevard and Phillips Street, on the right when traveling west on Laney Walker Boulevard. Marker is on the Augusta African-American History Walk, in front of Lucy Craft Laney High School. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1339 Laney Walker Blvd, Augusta GA 30901, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. A. C. Griggs (a few steps from this marker); Haines Normal and Industrial Institute (within shouting distance of this marker); Dr. John M. Tutt (within shouting distance of this marker); Lucy Craft Laney (within shouting distance of this marker); Rev. Essie Mae McIntyre (within shouting distance of this marker); The Honorable Edward M. McIntyre (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Augustus R. Johnson (about 300 feet away); John McClinton Tutt (about 300 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Augusta.

Also see . . .
1. Lucy Craft Laney. Laney learned to read and write by the age of four and could translate difficult passages in Latin by the age of twelve, including Julius Caesar’s Commentaries on the Gallic War. (Kent Anderson Leslie, New Georgia Encyclopedia) (Submitted on June 29, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

2. Lucy Craft Laney. Video tribute

Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, June 10, 2023

2. Miss Lucy Craft Laney Marker

Featured marker is on the far left.

to the noted educator. (Georgia Women of Achievement) (Submitted on June 29, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

3. Lucy Craft Laney and the Haines Institute. Lucy Craft Laney was many things. A college graduate, a loving daughter and sister, a fervent and faithful Presbyterian, an educator, a leader, and the headstrong founder of the Haines Institute—these are only some of the things that characterize the history and far-reaching influence of her life. (McKenna, Presbyterian Historical Society, posted March 18, 2022) (Submitted on June 29, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

Lucy Craft Laney image. Click for full size.

from An Era of Progress and Promise: ... by W.N. Hartshom (Public Domain), 1910

3. Lucy Craft Laney

Main Building, Haines Normal and Industrial School image. Click for full size.

from An Era of Progress and Promise: ... by W.N. Hartshom (Public Domain), 1910

4. Main Building, Haines Normal and Industrial School

Credits. This page was last revised on June 29, 2023. It was originally submitted on June 29, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 76 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on June 29, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.