This church is Macon's oldest African American church and was established for blacks in 1835, over 25 years prior to Emancipation. Location: 595 New St. 12. Holsey Temple Christian Methodist ...

MACON, Ga. — At the corner of Jefferson and Monroe streets sits a building with deep roots in Macon history. "Bobby Jones was the first African-American tenured professor at Mercer University ...

MACON, Ga. — The thought of taking away a historic downtown church from its congregation ... The building and the home of African American entrepreneur Charles Douglass were razed in 2014 ...

Tuggle retired in 1996 as Middle Georgia Regional Library’s first African American head of reference. He died in 2014, but his contributions to preserve Macon’s Black history lives on in every ...