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Georgia - Augusta African-American History Walk Historical Markers

This eight-block roundtrip walking tour along Laney Walker Boulevard highlights the significant contributions of Black Augustans in education, medicine, civil rights, business, sports, and other fields.
 
By Mike Stroud, July 25, 2010
Dr. John M. Tutt Marker
1 ► Georgia, Richmond County, Augusta — Dr. John M. Tutt — 1886 - 1968 —
2 ► Georgia, Richmond County, Augusta — Dr. Thomas Walter Josey — September 28, 1881 — August 31, 1956 —
3 ► Georgia, Richmond County, Augusta, Laney Walker — A. C. Griggs — 1881-1952 —
4 ► Georgia, Richmond County, Augusta, Laney Walker — Attorney James Madison Nabrit, Jr. — 1900-1997 —
5 ► Georgia, Richmond County, Augusta, Laney Walker — Atty. Judson Whitlocke Lyons — 1860-1924 —
6 ► Georgia, Richmond County, Augusta, Laney Walker — Augustus R. Johnson — 1853-1908 —
7 ► Georgia, Richmond County, Augusta, Laney Walker — Carrie J. Mays — 1928-1994 —
8 ► Georgia, Richmond County, Augusta, Laney Walker — Dr. Channing H. Tobias — 1882-1961 —
9 ► Georgia, Richmond County, Augusta, Laney Walker — Dr. Charles T. Walker — 1858-1921 —
10 ► Georgia, Richmond County, Augusta, Laney Walker — Dr. George Nelson Stoney — 1865-1926 —
11 ► Georgia, Richmond County, Augusta, Laney Walker — Dr. James Edward Carter — 1875-1955 —
12 ► Georgia, Richmond County, Augusta, Laney Walker — Dr. James Edward Carter Jr. — July 1, 1906 - May 18, 1993 —
13 ► Georgia, Richmond County, Augusta, Laney Walker — Dr. John Hope — 1868-1936 —
14 ► Georgia, Richmond County, Augusta, Laney Walker — Frank Garvin Yerby — 1916-1991 —
15 ► Georgia, Richmond County, Augusta, Laney Walker — Miss Lucy Craft Laney — 1854-1933 —
16 ► Georgia, Richmond County, Augusta, Laney Walker — Rev. Dr. Charles Spencer Hamilton — 1927-1997 —
17 ► Georgia, Richmond County, Augusta, Laney Walker — Rev. Dr. William Jefferson White — 1831-1913 —
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18 ► Georgia, Richmond County, Augusta, Laney Walker — Rev. Essie Mae McIntyre — 1912-1996 —
19 ► Georgia, Richmond County, Augusta, Laney Walker — Rev. Jesse Peters Galphin — circa. 1740-1814 —
20 ► Georgia, Richmond County, Augusta, Laney Walker — Rev. Nathaniel T. Young, Sr. — 1910-2001 —
21 ► Georgia, Richmond County, Augusta, Laney Walker — Rev. Samuel Butler Wallace — 1878-1938 —
22 ► Georgia, Richmond County, Augusta, Laney Walker — Sidney “Beau Jack” Walker — 1921-2000 —
23 ► Georgia, Richmond County, Augusta, Laney Walker — The Honorable Edward M. McIntyre — 1933-2004 —
24 ► Georgia, Richmond County, Augusta, Laney Walker — The Honorable John H. Ruffin, Jr. — 1934-2010 —
25 ► Georgia, Richmond County, Augusta, Laney Walker — Thelma “Butterfly” McQueen — 1911-1995 —
26 ► Georgia, Richmond County, Augusta, Laney Walker — William Carpenter, Sr. — 1873-1959 —
 
 
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