A Historical Timeline of Augusta

A Historical Timeline of Augusta. . , -1894 , The Negro State Teachers Association meets in Augusta., -1895 , Frederick Douglass dies. Booker T. Washington, the head of Tuskegee lastitute, delivers his famous "Atlanta Compromise" address. The groundbreaking of the Lamar Hospital for African Americans occurs on the corner of Harrison Street and Gwinnett Street (Laney Walker Boulevard). Mary McLeod Bethune joins the faculty of Haines Institute where she begins a kindergarten program., -1896 , The United States Supreme Court upholds racial segregation in the Plessy v. Ferguson case. Reverend Gaddis Johnson establishes a children's orphanage for African American children. In 1902, the Reverend Daniel McHorton revives Johnson's efforts and the new facility is named Shiloh Orphanage. Willie Sims (1870-1927), "the greatest jockey on earth" from Augusta, wins the Kentucky Derby. He wins again in 1898., -1897 , The Springfield congregation, led by Reverend George Dwelle, begins construction on a new Late Victorian Gothic sanctuary. Against the wishes of African American citizens, the Richmond County Board of Education closes Ware High School. Black residents respond with a series of lawsuits., -1898 , After white citizens raise strong objections to the appointment of Augusta attorney Judson W. Lyons as city postmaster, President William McKinley nominates him to serve as the Register of the United States Treasury., -1898 , During the Spanish American War, African American troops in the 10th Regiment train at Augusta's Camp Dyer on Turpin Hill. Charles T. Walker is commissioned as chaplain and Dr. George N. Stoney is appointed as surgeon, 10th Regiment.