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Happy Juneteenth! โ๐ฝโ๐พโ๐ฟ
Black history is so important and I love these memorial signs located at Tom Whitest Park!
Location: Tom Whitsett Park in Ashburn, GA
Date: February 20, 2021
Photographs of the Tom Whitsett Park Black History Memorial Mural that was created in 2013:
โI am where I am because of the bridges that I crossed. โ Oprah Winfreyโ
โWe are the ones weโve been waiting for[.] We are the change that we seek[.] -Barack Obama
Features:
Rosa Parks (1913-2005) โ National Leader for Civil Rights.
Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968) โ National Leader for Civil Rights.
Mary McLeod Bethune (1875-1955) โ National Leader for Education.
Ronald Pierce (1985-2004) โ Honoree for Sports achievement in basketball.
Irma Mackey โ First female president of the Ashburn NAACP.
Juretha McMillan โ Wife of memorial honoree and leader in community service.
Naomi Hayes โ Wife of memorial honoree and leader in education.
Lois Evelyn Dye (1934-2020) โ Wife of memorial honoree and leader in education and community.
Hattie King (1918-2012) โ Wife of memorial honoree and leader in education.
Mary Lee Green โ First black superior court clerk.
Tommy Horne โ First black county commissioner.
Joe Burgess โ First black county commissioner.
Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) โ National Leader for Abolitionists Movement.
Harriet Tubman (1820-1913) โ National Leader for Civil Rights.
Malcolm X (1925-1965) โ National Leader for Civil Rights
Henry Aplin (1925-2002) โ First black mayor for the city of Rebecca.
Hodge King (1914-1999) โ Memorial honoree in community and education.
John Dye โ First black volunteer firefighter.
Hollis Hayes (1922-1989) โ The first black city councilman and mayor pro tem.
Dr. Corley McMillan (1942-2002) โ Memorial honoree in education.
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