Historical Marker

Mildred L. Terry Branch Library

640 Veterans Parkway, Columbus · Columbus · Muscogee

Georgia marker

Inscription

Mildred L. Terry Branch Library. The first public library for African Americans in segregated Columbus, the Colored/Fourth Avenue Library, opened on January 5, 1953. The existence of this facility resulted from covenants and restrictions barring the use of the city's new public library by African Americans.

The project was completed with expenditures of less than one hundred thousand dollars. The library was renamed the Mildred L. Terry Branch Library in 1981 in honor of its first librarian. 2003.12

Location

Address640 Veterans Parkway, Columbus
CityColumbus
CountyMuscogee
StateGeorgia

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