The Old Stone Church

The Old Stone Church (continued)

Our vision is to honor the legacy of the old and evolving neighborhood with research and interviews leading to the design of historic site markers and maps, walking history tours and guidebooks, recorded interviews of remembrances with elders and neighbors, town meetings exploring historic bi-racial interests and concerns, student engaged art & history creations, site art addressing 1906 issues, an educational exhibit of neighborhood artifacts from earlier times, WRFG radio broadcasts of project activities. In the larger framework of the 1906 coalition, we are looking, through community building, to move toward a deeper understanding of our roles in the inclusive heritage and legacy of our neighborhoods; and our shared experiences as human beings and stewards of the present, looking toward the future. What we can accomplish by September will become the springboard to expanded communications and activities.

This "Early 1900s: Edgewood Community - Candler Park Project" is attracting a broad coalition of motivated educators, artists, students and citizens stepping up to the task of unveiling the hidden histories in this early, biracial Atlanta neighborhood:

Dr. Cliff Kuhn, GSU History; Dr. Leslie Harris, Chair of Emory African-American History; Jesse Harris & Priscilla Smith of Arts & Remembrance; Board of Directors of the First Existentialist Congregation, Deacons and Members of Antioch East Baptitst Church; Dr. Dwight Andrews, Faith Council Initiative, First Congregational Church; Candler Park neighbors and historians : Amy Meyer Burns, Kelly Jordan; Dean Rowley, Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site, staff historian; Candler Park Neighborhood Organization; Dr. Richard Laub, Director of Heritage Restoration Program, GSU; Dr. Thomas Frank, Historic Preservation of Sacred Places, Candler School of Theology; Grady High School Art & History Depts., WRFG Radio, Strange Apples, Inc. Others with whom we are opening dialogs include GA African-American Historic Preservation Network, Carver High School, Mary Lin Elementary School. There will be others.

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