A Historical Timeline of Augusta

A Historical Timeline of Augusta. . , 1867 , Reverend William Jefferson White and Richard Coulter establish Augusta Baptist Institute, later Atlanta's Morehouse College, at Springfield Baptist Church. Two years later, the school relocates to Harmony Baptist near the intersection of Campbell (9th) and Hopkins Streets., 1868 , Thomas Beard, a respected grocer, is elected to the Georgia Legislature. He and other African American legislators are later expelled and then reseated in 1870. Black leaders establish the Civil and Political Rights Association., "The schools in Augusta are among the best that I have seen, not so much in advancement as in high tone and enthusiasm." (Referencing schools for African Americans in Augusta.) -J. W. Alvord, the Superintendent of Freedmen Schools, January 17, 1870, 1871 , Dr. Joseph Robert, a white educator, is appointed as the first president of the Augusta Baptist Institute. , 1873 , Reverend Lucius Henry Holsey, of Augusta's Trinity Colored Methodist Episcopal (C.M.E) Church, is elected as a Bishop of the C.M.E. Church. , , 1875 , A Colored Convention, led by Reverend William Jefferson White, meets in Augusta to address Reconstruction's political and economic shortcomings.