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GA SR1043
Resolution
Status
Passed
3/19/2018
Primary Sponsor
Chuck Payne
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AI Summary
- Commends the Emery Center of Dalton, Georgia, and recognizes it as a model center for the preservation and study of minority community history in the State of Georgia
- The Emery Center occupies the former Emery Street School building, originally constructed in 1887 as a school for African American children and the first public school building built in the City of Dalton
- The original building burned down under suspicious circumstances in 1909, was rebuilt in 1924, became a senior high school in 1937-38, and produced its first graduating class in 1939
- In 2001, the building was saved from demolition after community members and school graduates persuaded the Dalton Board of Education and City of Dalton to preserve it as a historical landmark and museum
- The Secretary of the Senate is directed to make copies of the resolution available for distribution to the Emery Center
Legislative Description
Emery Center of Dalton; commend
Last Action
Senate Read and Adopted
3/19/2018
Full Bill Text
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