historic_markers

=Proposed Historic Markers=

Proposals under development by the Community History Interns and the African-American Historical Association of Newton County:

Topics:


 * Civil Rights Movement:**
 * Bethlehem Baptist Church ( The oldest African American Church in Newton County, Georgia)
 * Covington Square (overall history of the 1970 struggle)
 * Covington City Cemetery (historically African American section of the Covington City Cemtery)
 * First Seventh Day Adventist Church
 * Newton County Jail (The Old Jail In Newton County, how African Americans were treated in jails)
 * R.L Cousins Football Team
 * St. Paul's AME (Church history and the start of the Black Easter marches)
 * Washington Street Community Center