Chickamauga resident John Lewis said he got a little emotional when he saw a name he knew from his childhood on the historical timeline at the Walker County African American Museum and Cultural Center s grand opening over the weekend.
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Joyce Haslerig-Harrison is a fourth-generation landowner of the property.
Her father began the project - and she has received help from many corners along the way, including from Dr. Alicia Jackson and her students at Covenant College.
As part of a course in African-American history, Alicia’s students have researched and written biographies on the people buried at District Hill.
ArtsBuild’s Miriam Manda and artist Charlie Newton.
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