Dorchester Academy
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Dorchester Academy is a historic African American school and civil rights training center in Liberty County, Georgia, noted for its role in voter education and the Civil Rights Movement.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
civil rights training center
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historic African American school ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Late Victorian ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
SCLC citizenship education program
ⓘ
Southern Christian Leadership Conference NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
African-American history of Georgia
ⓘ
Civil rights movement sites ⓘ Schools in Liberty County, Georgia ⓘ |
| city | Midway, Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coordinates | 31.799°N 81.427°W ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dateOfConstruction | 1870s ⓘ |
| foundedBy | American Missionary Association NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundedFor | education of African Americans ⓘ |
| governingBody | Dorchester Improvement Association NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBuilding | Dorchester Academy Boys’ Dormitory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEducationalPrograms |
civil rights history programs
ⓘ
voter education history programs ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
community center
ⓘ
historic site ⓘ museum ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
National Historic Landmark
ⓘ
National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
surface form:
National Register of Historic Places listing
|
| locatedIn |
Liberty County, Georgia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| notedFor |
role in the Civil Rights Movement
ⓘ
role in voter education ⓘ |
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| operatedAs | boarding school for African American children ⓘ |
| operatedBy | American Missionary Association NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | African American civil rights history in Georgia ⓘ |
| preserves |
artifacts related to African American education in the South
ⓘ
artifacts related to the Civil Rights Movement ⓘ |
| significance | symbol of African American self-help and community organization ⓘ |
| significantFor |
citizenship education workshops
ⓘ
leadership training for civil rights activists ⓘ |
| significantPeriod | Civil Rights Movement era ⓘ |
| state | Georgia ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfMajorUseAsTrainingCenter |
1950s
ⓘ
1960s ⓘ |
| usedAs |
civil rights training center
ⓘ
voter education center ⓘ |
| visitedBy |
Andrew Young
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Martin Luther King Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ Ralph Abernathy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Liberty County, Georgia