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Historical Documents on the Founding 
and Growth of Mount Lebanon Missionary Baptist Church, Columbia, Tennessee   

Information compiled and presented to Tennessee State Archives by Sandra Seaton. 
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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

Mount Lebanon Missionary Baptist Church,
Tennessee State Library and Archives

 

History of the Dyer Johnson Family, Columbia, Tennessee   

Dyer Johnson Family, Tennessee State Library and Archives 

 

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.

 

To learn more about Lyman Johnson view the following web site and files:

Educational video on Lyman Johnson:  KET ITV:  Great Leaders:  The Black Odyssey of Lyman Johnson.

Lyman Johnson's obituary from the New York Times, October 6, 1997.  View obituary.  (pdf)

Lyman T. Johnson Postdoctoral Fellowship.

Photo of Sandra Seaton with Lyman Johnson at his home in Columbia, Tennessee, summer of 1996.  View photo.  (jpeg)

Salute to University of Kentucky African American Alumni - Lyman T. Johnson.

Dyer Johnson Family, Tennessee State Library and Archives 

 

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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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