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The Clarksville/Montgomery County African American Legacy Trail. A Downtown Walking Tour and County Drive. FREE print brochure.

NEW Brochure To Be Released 2024.

Augmented Reality Version To Be Released 2024.

2023-2024 Second Edition Team:

Director, Terry Morris; New Historical Research provided by TN State Parks staff from Dunbar Cave State Park and Port Royal State Park, Jackie Collins, Jeff Harris, Tracy Jepson, Jerome Parchman, Raymond Rosado, Joe Shakeenab, Phyllis Smith, Wanda Smith, and Shana Thornton; Research and Editorial Assistants, Julone Fisher and Raymond Rosado; Founder, Shana Thornton.

Rossview High School Academy of Media Arts and Technology Design Team:      Executive Student Designer: Zoe Morris
Map Designer: Nashla Rodriguez
Photo Edits and Design: Jacy Blackwell and Caleb Crum
Logo Design: Kathryn Boyer
Teacher: Hannah Brooks

Augmented Reality Version: Designer, Dr. Paul McNeil; Audio/Visual Mastering, Demetrius Hnarakis; Audio Recorded and Edited by David Brockman with the Montgomery County Public Library. Narrators: Arthur Nicholson, President of Mt Olive Cemetery Historical Preservation Society, and Kimberly Wiggins, Montgomery County Trustee.

Research Assistance provided by: Carr Johnson, Arthur Nicholson, Joe Shakeenab, Wanda Smith.

Further Readings and Resources Here

The First Edition 2019 brochure was made possible by the following community:
Designed by Rossview High School Academy of Media Arts and Technology student, Kathryn Boyer, and Teacher, Hannah Brooks

Logo Designed by Kathryn Boyer

Founder and Director, Shana Thornton
Project Historian, Jerome Parchman
Public Relations and Fundraising, Terry Morris

With special thanks to Jill Hastings-Johnson, Director of the Montgomery County Archives, for her significant contribution.

Mt. Olive Cemetery Historical Preservation Society is the host non-profit organization for The CMC African American Legacy Trail, ensuring that the brochure remains in print and distribution. All donations are tax-deductible. Visit their website here: Mt. Olive Cemetery Historical Preservation Society
https://mtolivechps.weebly.com/
The Mt. Olive Cemetery Historical Preservation Society is a 501(c)3 Public Benefit Non-Profit Organization.

To see the Generous Sponsors, click here. The Sponsors are the people and organizations who actually donated money to this project.

We received advice and guidance, exchanged stories, checked research, and/or further developed the project with the following generous citizens of the community (in alphabetical order by last name). Names and titles at the time of research 2017-2019:

Marcellus Braxton, Director of Wilbur N. Daniel African-American Cultural Center
Kurt Bryant, Director of Montgomery County Information Systems
Jackie Collins, Historian
Michelle Dickerson, Visit Clarksville
Mayor Jim Durrett, Montgomery County Mayor
LaConza Gilliam, Burt-Cobb Recreation Center Manager
Valerie Guzman, Clarksville City Council
James Halford, Chief of Staff for Mayor Pitts
Jill Hastings-Johnson, Director of Montgomery County Archives
Millard House, Director of Clarksville Montgomery County School System (CMCSS)
Cathey Johnson, Opening Ceremony of Black History Month
Dr. Ellen Kanervo, Arts and Heritage Development Council
Dr. Helen Long, Historian
Mayor Joe Pitts, Clarksville City Mayor
Phyllis Smith, Historian
Kimberly Wiggins, Montgomery County Trustee

Tracy Jepson, Research Associate

To see the Generous Sponsors, click here.