Makin' Black History

05/27/2024

I had the honor of attending the y service at Historic Linwood Cemetery today. The speaker, Asha Warner Ellen, highlighted the lives of two individuals who made the ultimate sacrifice, Sergeant Rodney Maxwell Davis, and Matt2c George Eugene Vining, both of whom are interred in historic Lynnwood cemetery. Swipe left to learn more about these two heroic individuals. Featured are the applications for their military headstones.

05/24/2024

As we celebrate season for the , here's a throwback photo of Macon's Ballard Normal Graduating Class of 1928.

Ballard was established in in 1865 under the auspices of the American Missionary Association. It operated as both a primary and secondary schoolm becoming a public high school in 1942.

Notable alumni include John Oliver Killens, Harlem Renaissance writer and author of Youngblood; William Sanders Scarborough, the first African American classical scholar; Lucy Craft Laney, who established the Haines Normal and Industrial Institute, a school for Black youth, in Augusta, Georgia; and Winona Cargile Alexander, one of twenty-two students at Howard University who established Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.

Photograph of Ballard Normal School Graduating Class, Macon, Bibb County, Macon, 1928

09/17/2023

We’re excited to publish our inaugural episode! Check it out here: https://l.linklyhq.com/l/1tnu7

Depending on your generation, you may have never heard of Sara Frances Mitchell. Although scholars of African American history have recognized her involvement in Malcolm X’s Organization for Afro American Unity (OAAU), many people in her hometown, particularly newcomers or those born more recently...

01/21/2023

MAKIN' BLACK HISTORY - Curating the rich history of African American Macon, one podcast at a time.

📝 NEW BLOG POST - "Makin' a Podcast" - Check out what's in store for our first season in our first blog post.

Street scene. Macon, Georgia, July 1936. Source: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection (Library of Congress)

01/17/2023

The Frank Johnson Recreation Center in Unionville is named for a Montford Marine. Johnson was known as the "Mayor of Unionville" and advocated for neighborhood improvement.

"Our America: Mission Montford Point," the documentary about the Montford Point Marines will air on Monday at 5:30 p.m. on 13WMAZ.

01/02/2023

The podcast trailer is officially live. Visit linktr.ee.com/makinblackhistory to subscribe today!