- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Dorchester Academy
- Date of Original:
- 1708/2022
- Subject:
- Schools--Georgia--McIntosh
Museums--Georgia--McIntosh
Historic buildings--Georgia--McIntosh
Buildings--Georgia--McIntosh
Porticoes--Georgia--McIntosh
Pediments--Georgia--McIntosh
Columns--Georgia--McIntosh
Community centers--Georgia--McIntosh
African Americans--Education--Georgia--McIntosh
African American schools--Georgia--McIntosh
Neoclassicism (Architecture)--Georgia--McIntosh
School buildings--Georgia--McIntosh
Dorchester Academy (McIntosh, Ga.)
McIntosh (Ga.)--Buildings, structures, etc. - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Liberty County, McIntosh, 31.82577, -81.52372
- Medium:
- color photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Dorchester Academy, today an active community center and museum, was founded as a school for freedpeople. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. prepared for the 1963 Birmingham campaign, one of the first major victories of the civil rights movement, in this building.
Photograph of the exterior of Dorchester Academy in McIntosh, Georgia. The large two-story brick structure features a neoclassical entrance. The building sits on a sprawling lawn.
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Dorchester Academy, today an active community center and museum, was founded as a school for freed slaves. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. prepared for the 1963 Birmingham campaign, one of the first major victories of the civil rights movement, in this building. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/counties-cities-neighborhoods/liberty-county/m-3488/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of Winston Walker
- Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/counties-cities-neighborhoods/liberty-county
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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