- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Freedom of Assembly historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Morgan County
Historic buildings--Georgia--Madison - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Morgan County, Madison, 33.59568, -83.46794
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Washington & Academy Sts., Madison
Text of marker: "FREEDOM OF ASSEMBLY. With freedom from slavery came freedom of assembly - particularly to worship, evidenced by the early establishment of the first independent black congregation in 1865. African-American churches, such as Calvary Baptist (1883), were the primary civic and cultural arenas for the black community. In the 1880-90s, fraternal and social orders extended the black social sphere to this corner of W. Washington Street. The Brothers & Sisters of Love & Charity, a mutual aid society offering life/employment insurance, built their Society Hall. The adjacent Odd Fellows Hall, also two-story, had lower stores that were occupied at times by a grocery, harness shop, carpenter, barber, and multiple restaurants. These businesses, as well as the nearby blacksmith, served as a commercial hub. A 1904 brick replacement (post-fire) was later sold in halves. The Madison Colored Undertaking Co. (later Mapp Funeral Home) anchored the west end, and the east end housed a myriad of black-owned enterprises, most notably the Brown Stock Co. and Morgan County NAACP offices. CITY OF MADISON MADISON BICENTENNIAL COMMISSION 1809-2009" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_freedom-of-assembly
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_freedom-of-assembly
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Copyright held by David Seibert. Please contact markers@davidseibert.com about commercial reproduction and use
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
-
