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.
Revered as a teacher and a coach,
"Professor Tutt" began his career
under the leadership of Miss Lucy
C. Laney at Haines Institute, where
he remained from 1906 to 1949,
longer than anyone else. From Lincoln
University (Pennsylvania), he . . . — — Map (db m36138) HM
A native Augustan, son of former slaves, he worked to support himself and his studies, graduating from Haines Institute and attending Atlanta University prior to earning the M.D. from Howard University Medical School in 1912.
Hired by Pilgrim . . . — — Map (db m200151) HM
Born in Farmville, Va., he earned the Bachelor of Arts and the Bachelor
of Sacred Theology degrees from Lincoln University in 1903 and received
its honorary Doctor of Divinity in 1925. He did further study at both
Columbia University and Atlanta . . . — — Map (db m227187) HM
An accomplished lawyer, Nabrit actively participated in seminal civil
rights cases in the 1940s and 1950s. Along with such notables as
Thurgood Marshall he often handled cases for the NAACP Legal Defense
and Educational Fund. He was Marshall's . . . — — Map (db m227193) HM
Attorney Judson Whitlocke Lyons was the first Black lawyer in the
State of Georgia. He was born in Burke County, but lived most of his
life in Augusta. He was a graduate of Augusta Institute
(now Morehouse College) and Howard University Law . . . — — Map (db m227151) HM
In 1869, he became the first Black licensed to teach by the State of
Georgia and paid by the State School Fund. Born in Augusta and educated
in the public schools, he earned the A.B. and A.M. degrees from the
Augusta Institute, now Morehouse . . . — — Map (db m227107) HM
The first woman elected to the Augusta City Council (1970), the first
Black woman elected to a city council in the Southeast, the first woman
to serve as secretary of the Georgia Democratic Party (1971, 1980), and
a Presidential elector (1976, . . . — — Map (db m227112) HM
Born in Augusta, he earned the A.B. from Paine College, the B.D. from Drew
Theological Seminary and did further study at the University of Pennsylvania.
He received numerous honorary degrees and was the first Black awarded an
honorary doctorate . . . — — Map (db m227110) HM
Born near Hephzibah in 1858, he came to Augusta in 1874 and graduated
from the Augusta Institute, (now Morehouse College). He organized
Tabernacle Baptist Church in 1885 and built the present edifice in 1914,
the largest black church in the . . . — — Map (db m227148) HM
A graduate of the Howard University School of
Medicine, he opened his office in Augusta in 1889
and started, along with Lucy C. Laney. a nursing
training program which later became the Lamar
School of Nursing of the Lamar Hospital. When
the new . . . — — Map (db m227189) HM
After completing the basic science courses at Paine College,
he was taught dentistry by two local dentists. He passed the
Georgia Board Examination and then served two years as an apprentice.
He practiced dentistry from the back of a horse . . . — — Map (db m227138) HM
The son of Augusta's first black dentist, he graduated from Howard University
dental school in 1930 and began his 51-year practice with his father. He was
president of the Stoney Medical, Dental and Pharmaceutical Society; president of
the . . . — — Map (db m227142) HM
An Augusta native, he earned the bachelor's degree from Brown
University in 1894. President of the National Association of
Teachers in Colored Schools, and Morehouse College for 25 years,
he was the first African American to head that . . . — — Map (db m227161) HM
Born in Augusta, Yerby – short story writer, poet, and novelist –
earned the B.A. from Paine College and the M.A. from Fisk
University. His books, sold in 82 countries, have been translated
into more than 30 languages. His 33 novels are said to . . . — — Map (db m227119) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m227180) HM
Born in Cedartown, Ga., he pastored several Georgia churches, most notably
Tabernacle Baptist, Augusta's largest black church, where he served for
40 years (1956-1996).
He earned the bachelor of divinity, bachelor of arts, and master of . . . — — Map (db m227145) HM
Born in Ruckerville, Ga., he moved to Augusta
in 1842. He organized Springfield Baptist
Church's first Sunday School, served as president of
the Colored Baptist Sunday School Convention, founded
Harmony Baptist Church in 1868, and served as . . . — — Map (db m227178) HM
Believed to be the first female Baptist pastor in the South, Essie Mae McIntyre was born in Louisville, Ga. She helped to found and served as pastor of Good Shepherd Baptist Church from 1940-1996. During this period the church increased its . . . — — Map (db m227103) HM
He was born on the Galphin Plantation near Beech Island,
S.C. Freed by his slave-master father, he became an ordained
minister and co founded Silver Bluff Baptist Church in 1773.
He dropped the Galphin name when he moved to Augusta in
1783.
. . . — — Map (db m227113) HM
A graduate of Morehouse College and the Morehouse School of Divinity, he
began his historic pastorate of Thankful Baptist Church in 1945 and served for
46 years.
The third African American elected to the Richmond County Board of Education
he . . . — — Map (db m227137) HM
Reverend Wallace graduated from Howard University. A former pastor
of Trinity CME Church. He envisioned a library where black children,
denied access to local public libraries, could study, read for pleasure
and conduct research. Rev. Wallace led . . . — — Map (db m227157) HM
Born in Waynesboro, Ga., he moved to Augusta at an early age.
Once a shoe shine boy and caddie, he became a boxer extraordinaire,
twice winning the New York Boxing Commission's World Light
Weight Championship and earning Ring Magazine's . . . — — Map (db m227118) HM
A member of the Board of Directors of the National Conference of Black Mayors and the Black Mayors Association of Georgia, he was the first African American to serve on and chair the Richmond County Board of Commissioners, and the first African . . . — — Map (db m227092) HM
A native of Waynesboro, Ga., he graduated from Morehouse College and
Howard University School of Law. A pioneering attorney and judge, he
filed and won the lawsuits that desegregated the Richmond County School
System, the Augusta Police . . . — — Map (db m227136) HM
Originally a dancer with the Katherine Dunham troupe, she made
her professional stage debut in George Abbot's Brown Sugar. But
she is best known for her role as Prissy in Gone with the Wind,
1939. Later, a stint on the radio show . . . — — Map (db m227115) HM
Born into poverty in Edgefield, South Carolina, fewer than ten years after
the Civil War, he became one of the wealthiest men in the Augusta area.
In South Carolina, he owned a 420-acre tract of land, farms in
Beech Island and Sumter, and . . . — — Map (db m227143) HM
