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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5RF_liberty-county-citizens-council-1946-1953_Midway-GA.html
The Errosion of the Franchise
With the passage of the 14th and 15th amendments to the U.S. Constitution in 1868 and 1869, African Americans were granted full citizenship and the right to vote. In less than a decade, nearly 100,000 black men had…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5R9_new-life-for-dorchester-academy-1932-1940_Midway-GA.html
J. Roosevelt Jenkins, who was DorchesterAcademy's assistant principal, scienceteacher and athletic director, replacedElizabeth Moore as principal after her deathin 1932. He continued to strengthen theschool's curriculum and the thrivingathletic pr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5R8_working-together-at-the-dorchester-cooperative-center-1930s-1940s_Midway-GA.html
The Industrial Arts Department at Dorchester Academy taught students practical skills they could use in everyday life. The boys took classes in farming, woodworking, iron-working, and architecture. The girls were instructed in cooking, sewing, dre…
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Founding the athletic programs was considered one of Principal Elizabeth Moore's greatest achievements. School teams came to be known as the Dorchester Academy Tigers and Tigerettes, with "Shag" the tiger as their mascot. Dorchester Academy partic…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5QM_elizabeth-moore-at-dorchester-academy-1925-1932_Midway-GA.html
In 1925, Elizabeth B. Moore began her six-year tenure as Dorchester Academy's only female, African American principal. She insisted that both parents and community accept responsibility for supporting the school. She believed that charity and tuit…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5QK_the-growth-of-dorchester-academy-1874-1930s_Midway-GA.html
In 1872, African Americans from Liberty County began another letter writing campaign; this time for a teach to replace Eliza Ann Ward. They requested that their next teacher be both a teacher and a minister. In the spring of 1874, the community fi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5QJ_we-want-a-school-we-need-a-teacher-1870-1872_Midway-GA.html
In November 1870, William A. Golding, an African American memberof the Georgia Legislature, wrote the American Missionary Association (AMA) on behalf of the people of Liberty County requesting a teacher. "They want a teacher," he wrote, "preferabl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5PQ_old-post-road_Midway-GA.html
This road on the rightwas established in 1736 byGen. James Oglethorpe.First postal route south ofSavannah Stage Coach Roadand line of marchof Revolutionary Soldiers.
Saint John's Parish ChapterDaughters of the American ColonistsMarch 3, 1950
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5PL_midway-congregational-church_Midway-GA.html
Organized in 1754 by the descendantsof an English Colony which came firstto Massachusetts 1630 to Connecticut 1635to South Carolina 1695and to Georgia 1752Built on the same spot as the church which was burned by the British in 1778
This Church …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5OT_civil-liberties-at-dorchester-cooperative-center-1940-present_Midway-GA.html
In an effort to involve Liberty County African Americans in politics, the Dorchester Cooperative Center (DCC) began to help organizeAfrican American Voters. The DCC taught local African Americans the United States and Georgia constitutions, follow…