Archival Research
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Historical Documents on the Founding and Growth of Mount Lebanon
Missionary Baptist Church, Columbia, Tennessee
Information complied and presented to Tennessee State Archives by
Sandra Seaton. View Report (pdf file)
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To learn more about the Mount Lebanon Missionary Baptist Church
view the following web sites:
Tennessean reports on historic Mount Lebanon Missionary Baptist Church
< http://www.tennessean.com/sii/00/09/23/mychurch23.shtml
>.
Mount Lebanon Missionary Baptist Church, Tennessee State Library
and
Archives < http://www.tennessean.com/sii/00/09/23/mychurch23.shtml
>.
History of the Dyer Johnson Family, Columbia Tennessee
Dyer Johnson Family, Tennessee State Library and Archives
< http://www.state.tn.us/sos/statelib/techsvs/mfoil.htm
>.
Lyman Johnson
Civil rights leader and grandson of Dyer Johnson, one of the founders of
Mount
Lebanon Missionary Baptist Church. For information about his biography,
The
Rest of the Dream: The Black Odyssey of Lyman Johnson, visit the
University
Press web site at: < http://www.uky.edu/UniveristyPress/books/restofth.html
>.
To learn more about Lyman Johnson view the following web sites:
Educational video on Lyman Johnson: KET ITV: Great Leaders:
The Black
Odyssey of Lyman Johnson.
< http://www.ket.org/itvvideos/offering/social/lymanjohnson.htm
>.
Lyman Johnson's obituary from the New York Times, October 6, 1997.
View obituary (pdf).
Lyman T. Johnson Postdoctoral Fellowship.
< http://www.rgs.uky.edu/avp/lyman.htm
>.
Photo of Sandra Seaton with Lyman Johnson at his home in Columbia,
Tennessee, summer of 1966. View photo.
(jpeg)
Salute to University of Kentucky African American Alumni - Lyman T. Johnson
< http://www.uky.edu/Alumni/TempEvents/BlackHistoryMonth2001/LymanTJohnson.htm
>.
Dyer Johnson Family, Tennessee State Library and Archives
< http://www.state.tn.us/sos/statelib/techsvs/mfoil.htm
>.
College Hill School, Columbia, Tennessee, 1920
College Hill School was the elementary and high school for African Americans
in
Columbia, Tennessee during the era of segregation. Although it received
much less
than its fair share of material resources, it was graced with outstanding
principals and
teachers. Two of the most notable principals were Professor J.H. Kelley
and
Professor Robert Johnson, father of the civil rights leader Lyman Johnson.
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Portrait of St. Paul A.M.E. Congregation
(African Methodist Episcopal Church) Founded in 1830
This portrait, taken in 1888 in Columbia, Tennessee, was discovered
by Sandra Seaton during her research on the church. This project was
funded
by a Kellogg Foundation Grant.
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