DORA FINLEYDIRECTOR OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE TRAIL
MOBILE, ALABAMA
PUBLIC INVITED TO NEW UNVEILING JUNE 22nd 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
The trail is an ongoing project of the Mobile Historic Development Commission to recognize significant African- American historic sites. When completed, there will be 32 marker locations throughout the city. The latest marker sits on Bay Bridge Road in front of Union Baptist, which was founded in 1869.
“You can’t know where you are going until you know where you’ve been,” said Dora Finley, a local preservationist who has helped organize the heritage trial. By next year, Finley said she wants all fourth-graders in Mobile County public schools to be required to take a guided tour of the Black Heritage Trial. The unveiling will be attended by special guests and dignitaries from the Republic of Benin, the Republic of Togo, Nigeria and Ghana in town for the Community Connections Juneteenth Celebration Week.
Large Delegation From West Africa to Participate in Upcoming African American Unveiling June 22nd 2008
The African American Heritage Trail's Unveiling Ceremony is going to be held on Sunday, June 22nd at 2pm in front of the National African American Archives at 564 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive. The following Historic Markers will be unveiled:
Christian Benevolent Insurance Company- first Alabama funeral home owned and operated by Mrs. Pearl Madison, an African American woman in 1928.
Finley’s Drug Stores - first chain of Drug Stores owned and operated by African-Americans in the State of Alabama.
Johnson and Allen Mortuary- oldest African-American funeral home in Alabama that has been continuously operated by the same family since 1904.
National African American Archives- only library for blacks until desegregation in the mid-1960s. Today it is a museum and African-American archive of historical artifacts.
The trail is an ongoing project of the Mobile Historic Development Commission to recognize significant African- American historic sites. When completed, there will be 32 marker locations throughout the city. The latest marker sits on Bay Bridge Road in front of Union Baptist, which was founded in 1869.
“You can’t know where you are going until you know where you’ve been,” said Dora Finley, a local preservationist who has helped organize the heritage trial. By next year, Finley said she wants all fourth-graders in Mobile County public schools to be required to take a guided tour of the Black Heritage Trial. The unveiling will be attended by special guests and dignitaries from the Republic of Benin, the Republic of Togo, Nigeria and Ghana in town for the Community Connections Juneteenth Celebration Week.
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