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THE COMMUNITY HOUSE: ACWORTH’S HISTORIC ROSENWALD SCHOOL

Taylor Aubrey2024-02-12T11:18:51-05:00

African American Heritage in the City's Historic Parkside District The Acworth Rosenwald School, in Doyal Hill Park, was originally located on School Street and served as Acworth’s only African American school from 1925 to 1948. The school had two teachers who instructed different grades with a removable wall separating the main space into two classrooms. The Rosenwald School was constructed on School Street in 1924. Rosenwald Schools were part of a partnership between Julius Rosenwald (Sears Roebuck and Co.) and Booker T. Washington that brought schoolhouses to children in Black communities throughout the segregated South in the ...
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THE COMMUNITY HOUSE: ACWORTH’S HISTORIC ROSENWALD SCHOOLTaylor Aubrey2024-02-12T11:18:51-05:00

ACWORTH HISTORY: THE ROBERTS SCHOOL

Taylor Aubrey2024-02-12T11:00:58-05:00

The Roberts School was constructed in the late 1940s on the site of the original location of the Acworth Rosenwald School before it was dismantled and rebuilt as a community center on Cherokee Street. The Roberts School served as a segregated school for Acworth's Black community until 1968 when integration moved students to Acworth Elementary and Awtrey Middle Schools. Today, the Roberts School serves as a community center allowing rentals of the cafeteria space for family functions and meeting spaces for city non-profit groups. It's also the location of Acworth Parks, Recreation and Community Resource Departments' after-school program, the ...
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ACWORTH HISTORY: THE ROBERTS SCHOOLTaylor Aubrey2024-02-12T11:00:58-05:00

PARKSIDE’S HISTORIC AFRICAN AMERICAN CHURCHES

Taylor Aubrey2024-02-12T11:01:32-05:00

Overlooking Acworth's Parkside District on opposite sides of Logan Farm Park are two beacons of community reminding the city of its rich African American history and culture, Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church and Zion Hill Baptist Church have stood tall in the heart of Acworth's Black History since Emancipation. Bethel A.M.E's congregation began in 1863, and its current location on School Street was built around 1878 by freed slaves. The bell tower was added in 1895, and Bethel A.M.E. shared its location with Zion Hill Baptist Church's congregation for many years alternating Sundays. This church ...
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PARKSIDE’S HISTORIC AFRICAN AMERICAN CHURCHESTaylor Aubrey2024-02-12T11:01:32-05:00

DOYAL HILL PARK CELEBRATES ACWORTH HISTORY

Gib Fenning2024-01-23T14:00:21-05:00

Acworth’s newest outdoor destination, an award-winning interpretive park highlighting the city’s rich Black history, is the perfect destination for history buffs, and lovers of architecture. Doyal Hill Park opened in 2020 and is conveniently located across the street from Logan Farm Park and a short walk from the city’s thriving retail and restaurant districts on Main Street. The park features a paved walking path through public art and in-depth interpretive signs, each telling the stories of community institutions and leaders of Acworth’s Black community. Doyal Hill in the 1970's Named for Acworth’s first Black Alderman, the late ...
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DOYAL HILL PARK CELEBRATES ACWORTH HISTORYGib Fenning2024-01-23T14:00:21-05:00