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What was the date of Jubilee Day in Athens--the day the Union soldiers arrived in Clarke County and freed the county’s 5,000 slaves? |
May 4, 1865
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On the Day of Jubilee, the former slaves hoisted an American flag up the flagpole in front of Athens Town Hall. What did they call the flag and pole, as they danced in celebration?
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The Liberty Flag Pole or the Flag Pole of Liberty
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What was the widespread rumor that was circulated in Athens around Christmastime of 1865 — a rumor that turned out to be untrue?
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That former slaves would receive 40 acres and a mule from the federal government
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In July 1867 a large crowd of African-Americans flocked to the UGA chapel and were prevented from witnessing what event?
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Commencement Exercises
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According to the Freedman's Bureau, how many homes had blacks purchased in Athens by the summer of 1867—just two years after gaining their freedom?
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70
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Name at least one of the three popular local Black musicians who played at the University of Georgia first post-Civil War commencement exercise in 1867.
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Bill Holbrook or Tom Reed or Wes Brown
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What was the date in which black Athenians first voted in a local election?
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Oct 29, 1867 -- an election deciding whether a state convention would convene to draft a new state constitution
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Regarding the April 1868 Athens election, the local newspaper called it “heart sickening and disgusting beyond anything we ever conceived of before. ”What was the newspaper referring to?
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The election of two former Athens slaves to the state General Assembly
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Name the two former Clarke County slaves elected to the Georgia General Assembly in April of 1868.
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Madison Davis and Alfred Richardson
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hat was the “Purge of 1868?”
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The expulsion of 25 black state representatives from Georgia General Assembly, because of their race
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Who in 1986 became the first Black Athenian elected to the Georgia General Assembly since Reconstruction?
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Michael L. Thurmond
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What was the name of Athens’ first Black church, which opened its doors in 1866?
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Pierce's Chapel
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What current Athens church traces its roots to Athens' first black church?
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First AME
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Athens' oldest black Baptist church was organized in 1867. Name it.
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Hill First Baptist
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In his book A Story Untold, Michael Thurmond lists five local churchmen who became bishops of their respective denomination. Name two of them.
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Lucius Holsey, W.H. Heard, W.D. Johnson, J.A. Bray, and A.J. Carey
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What percentage of Athens black adult population had membership in at least one of the city’s 29 lodges in 1912?
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75 percent
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Athens' first school for Blacks opened in 1868. Name it.
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Knox Institute
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In 1921, what school earned the distinction of being Georgia's first state accredited high school for blacks?
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Knox Institute
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Knox Institute operated for how many years?
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About 60 years
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In what year did Athens High and Industrial School move to the then new Dearing Extension building?
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1956
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What year did Jeruel Academy first open its doors?
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1881
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What did Jeruel change its name to in 1924?
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Union
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Who is the endeared 95-year-old teacher/coach for whom the Homer T. Edwards Campus gymnasium was recently named?
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Elizabeth G. King
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Name Athens’ private black school that remained open for 75 years, longer than any other local Black private school. Today a historical marker near UGA’s Brumby Hall commemorates its former site.
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Jeruel/Union
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Name the former Union Baptist Institute principal who in 1955 became the first Black man in Athens to have a school named in his honor.
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C H Lyons Sr.
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She was Samuel F. Harris' second wife and started and operated the Model and Training School near Danielsville Road. In 2007 the Clarke County School District named a new elementary school on Danielsville Road in her honor. Name her.
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Judia Jackson-Harris
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In what year did the first public schools in Athens open?
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1886
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The Athens High and Industrial School building on Reese St was constructed in what year?
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1913
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What school in 1922 became the first Black accredited public secondary school in Georgia?
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Athens High and Industrial School
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In what year was Athens High and Industrial School renamed Burney-Harris High School?
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1964
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Name the two local educators for whom Burney-Harris High School was named.
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Annie H. Burney and Samuel F Harris
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Who were the first two black students admitted to the University of Georgia?
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Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes, January 1961
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On what date did black students first enroll in Clarke County's previously all white schools?
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September 2, 1963,
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Name the third grade Black student who integrated Chase Street in 1963.
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Scott Michael Killian
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Name the first Black student to enroll in all white Athens High School (which later became Clarke Central).
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Wilucia Green
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Who in 1992 followed Michael Thurmond as a Georgia State House Representative from Athens and held the seat for twenty years.
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Keith G. Heard
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Name the three Black students who integrated the now defunct Child Street School.
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Marjorie Green, Agnes Green and Bonnie Hampton
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What year did Clarke Central first open as a result of the consolidation of Athens High and Burney-Harris High?
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1970
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Who in 1974 became the first Black person to be named principal at a formerly all-white Clarke County school?
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W H McBride, Clarke Middle
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He became the first black person to head Clarke County schools when he was named interim superintendent. Prior, he served as the deputy superintendent and the principal at Lyons Middle School. In the summer of 2007, the school board renamed Fourth Street Elementary in his honor. Name him.
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Howard B. Stroud
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What Black man “unofficially” attended the University of Georgia during the early 1900s? He later studied at Harvard.
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Samuel F. Harris
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Who in 1901 became Athens first Black woman physician?
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Dr. B.B.S. Thompson
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After earning his medical degree from Meharry Medical School in Nashville and serving as a physician in the U S Army, what black doctor opened his medical office in the Morton Building on Washington Street in 1946?
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Dr. Donnarell Green
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The Susan Building at 1127 W. Hancock currently houses the law office of Green and Green. Originally, it was the Susan Medical Center--a small maternity hospital founded in 1946 by Dr. Andrew Jones. The center was named in honor of whom?
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Dr. Andrew Jones' mother
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Name Athens first black-owned drugstore.
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E.D. Harris Drug Company
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Who was the principal organizer of and largest stockholder in Athens’ first Black-owned drugstore?
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Dr. William H. Harris
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In 1982, who became the first African-American to win a county-wide election in Athens-Clarke County?
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John Jeffreys
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Who in 1910 became Athens' and Georgia's first Black female dentist?
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Dr. Ida Mae Hiram
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Who was Athens’ internationally known YWCA organizer who died in 1931 after having been refused medical help at Dalton hospital following a car accident?
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Juliette Derricotte
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Who as a slave sold rags on the streets of Athens to buy books, although it was against the law for slaves to learn to read? Later he became a bishop in the C.M.E Church and a founder of Paine College in Augusta.
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Lucius Henry Holsey
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Name the world-famous conductor, arranger, composer who provided the music for several movies, including Swanee River, Way Down South, The Green Pastures, Cabin in the Sky, and Frank Capra's Lost Horizons. A plaque is displayed in Athens City Hall in his honor.
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Hall Johnson
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Who in 1879 started the Athens Blade, Athens’ first Black newspaper?
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W. H. Heard and W. A. Pledger
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What year did the Morton Theatre open?
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1910
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Athens’ first black-owned radio station began operating in 1982. Name the station.
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WXAG
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Who was the only Black female ever elected to Athens City Council?
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Miriam Moore
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Who was the first Black person elected to Athens City Council?
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Ed Turner
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Name the first two Blacks appointed to the Clarke County School Board in1968.
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Wilbur P. Jones and John E Taylor
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Name Athens' first two African-American police officers.
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Archibald Killian and Donald Moon
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Who became Athens-Clarke County's first black superior court judge on November 17, 1995?
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Steve Jones
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Who was the first African-American Athenian to serve on the State Board of Education?
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Barbara Thurmond Archibald
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Name Athens’ highly acclaimed quilt maker whose work appears at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington DC and at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.
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Harriet Powers
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Who became Athens’ first Black sheriff on Jan. 1, 2001?
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Ira Edwards, Jr.
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Who founded the Athens Area Human Relations Council, a group that has awarded more than 300 scholarships since its inception in 1979?
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Rev. David Nunnally, Sr.
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Who in 1962 became the first African-American to earn a degree from the University of Georgia?
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Mary Frances Early
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Who founded UGA’s Torrance Center for Creativity and Talent Development?
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Mary M. Fraiser
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Who in 1968 became UGA's first Black faculty member?
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Dr. Richard M. Graham (School of Music)
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This former Burney-Harris High campus now bears the name of the building first principal. Name him.
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Homer T. Edwards
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Paine College graduates Michael Thurmond and Fred O. Smith started the Athens Voice newspaper in what year?
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1975
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Located on Epps Bridge Road and listed on the National Register of Historic Places, it's a rare surviving example of one-room schoolhouses where many blacks received their elementary and secondary education. Name this school that was built in 1887.
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Chestnut Grove School
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Who in 1995 became Athens Clarke County's first African-American school superintendent?
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Dr. Lucian Harris
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Who in 1997 became Athens first Black Police Chief?
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Chief Joseph Lumpkin
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What African American has served on the Clarke County Board of Education since 1979, having served several years as its first black chairperson?
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Vernon Payne
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Located in Athens, it is one of the oldest surviving vaudeville theaters built, owned, and operated by an African American. The theater hosted such notables as Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, Bessie Smith, and Louis Armstrong. Name the theatre.
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The Morton Theatre
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Located near and around Washington and Hull streets, it was the center of African-American commercial, financial, professional, and social life in Athens at the turn of the century. Many black businessmen established their operations there, including the dental offices of Ida May Hiram, the first African American woman to pass the Georgia Dental Board exams. What is this area commonly known as?
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Hot Corner
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Athens’ first public schools opened in 1886 when the Board of Education erected two, two-story, ten-roomed brick buildings, one for each race. What was the name of the school for blacks?
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The Baxter Street School
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This former Clarke County School Board member was a fearless advocate for children and civil rights. She was commonly referred to as “the Mayor of East Athens.” In 2007, the street near the Athens office of the Georgia Department of Labor was named in her honor. Name her?
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Evelyn C. Neely
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Located in Athens on Fourth Street, this cemetery was established in 1882 for African-American Athenians as a burial insurance program. Prominent Athenians with grave sites at cemetery include Charles S. Lyons, Sr., Monroe “Pink” Morton, newspaperman William Pledger; and Reconstruction lawmaker Madison Davis. What is the name of this cemetery which is also on the national registry for historical places?
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Gospel Pilgrim
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In the 1950s and 1960s, he developed school band programs in Clarke and surrounding counties. When Clarke Schools integrated in the late 1960s, he was assistant principal at Athens High School. Since retiring after 32 years with the local school district, he has taught at several colleges, including the International University in Nairobi, Kenya. Additionally, his fund raising efforts supported the construction of the chapel and educational complex for inmates at the Athens-Clarke County correctional facility. Name him.
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Dr. Walter Allen, Sr.
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Started in 1951, the United Brotherhood Incorporated is an alliance of deacons from more than 30 African-American churches in the Athens area. Who were the group’s founders?
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Rev. Mitchell M. Tate and Deacon Henry Morse
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During the construction of UGA’s Baldwin Hall, a number of unmarked slave graves were discovered. The bodies were relocated and marked “with a huge monument.” Where were the bodies relocated?
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An area where the Athens Waterworks are located
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Born in 1867 (two years after the Civil War ended), he never learned to read nor write. Name the local black farmer who donated the land for the Chestnut Grove one-room schoolhouse.
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Floyd Kenney
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Born a slave in Elbert County in 1850, he attended the University of South Carolina during Reconstruction and served in the South Carolina legislature, before being removed because of his race. Later, in Athens he opened a school and helped start the Athens Blade, Athens’ first black newspaper. In 1908, he became a Bishop in the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Name him.
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William Henry Heard
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This nationally recognized artist and grew up in rural Morgan County and studied at the Art Institute of Chicago. His work is owned by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Art Institute of Chicago, and Atlanta’s High Museum of Art. Name him.
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Benny Andrews
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Born the son of sharecroppers on Jan. 29, 1921 in Abbeville, South Carolina, this Air Force veteran and Tuskegee Institute graduate spent his 34-year professional career in Oconee County as a dedicated educator and community leader. He was the last principal of the all-black Ed Stroud School.
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Lawrence M. Scotland
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Located in Watkinsville, this school was built in 1956 to educate black youth in Oconee County, replacing numerous church and community schools.
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Ed Stroud School (1956-1969)
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The wood schoolhouse for blacks in Oconee County was one of 242 Georgia schools built between 1912 and 1932 in part by grants from philanthropist Julius Rosenwald.
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Watkinsville Rosenwald School (1928-1957)
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Name the persons who served as principals of Ed Stroud School in Watkinsville.
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Marvin Billups (2 years); Theodore Dyson (7 years) ; Lawrence M. Scotland (4 years)
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Originated in Athens and as the Georgia State Industrial College for Colored Youth, the school, founded in 1890, is the oldest public historically black college in Georgia. What city did it relocate shortly after its founding and what is the college’s current name?
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Savannah; Savannah State University
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Once located at the corner of Flint Street and Railroad Avenue in Comer, Georgia, this one- room wood schoolhouse addressed the educational needs of African-Americans during the 30s, 40s and early 50s. Name the school.
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Comer Colored High School
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Born July 2, 1927 in Oconee County, Georgia and began her career in 1953 in the county’s one- room Oak Grove School, she was inducted into the Oconee County School System School System Hall of Fame in 2006. Name her.
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Georgia Browning
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This Northeast Georgia slave so distinguished himself as a war hero during the American Revolutionary that the state of Georgia granted him his freedom and 112 acres of land in Madison County.
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Austin Dabney
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This Athens native graduated from the University of Georgia law school in 1968 and in 1974 became the first African-American to open a law office in Athens. In 2014, he ran for Congress in Georgia’s 10th District.
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Kenneth Dious |
