Black Heritage Trail (Columbus, Georgia)

The Black Heritage Trail is a National Recreation Trail located in Columbus, Georgia. It is an urban trail connecting 30 African American Heritage Points of interest. The Trail features many contributions and significant events in African American History of Columbus.


 * 1) Ma Rainey Home
 * 2) First African Baptist Church
 * 3) St. John AME Church
 * 4) Claflin School
 * 5) Metropolitan Baptist Church
 * 6) Restored Train Station
 * 7) Saint James AME Church
 * 8) Old City Jail
 * 9) Friendship Baptist Church
 * 10) The Liberty Theatre
 * 11) Spencer High School
 * 12) Porterdale Cemetery
 * 13) Old Slave Cemetery
 * 14) Fifth Avenue School
 * 15) Mildred L. Terry Library
 * 16) Fourth Street Baptist
 * 17) The Spencer House
 * 18) Columbus Urban League
 * 19) Brick Streets Laid by Slaves
 * 20) First Interracial Law Firm of Columbus
 * 21) Primus King Site
 * 22) Springer Opera House
 * 23) Dr. Thomas H. Brewer Assassination Site
 * 24) Site of first Silent store
 * 25) Temperance Hall
 * 26) Greater Shady Grove Baptist Church
 * 27) City Mills
 * 28) Isaac Maund House
 * 29) Kinfolks Corner
 * 30) Dillingham Street Bridge

The trail received National Recreation Trail Designation from the Secretary of the Interior during a 2000 ceremony at the historic Liberty Theater. The ceremony paid tribute to Ms. Judith Grant, a Black Heritage Trail organizer and local historian.