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Under principal Elizabeth Moore, this Black academy built powerhouse teams, the Tigers and Tigerettes, winning state basketball titles in 1935 and 1936 and sending tennis players to national and even international tournaments, instilling deep student pride.
Athletic Programs at Dorchester Academy 1926-1940 is a historical marker in Midway, Liberty County, erected in 2004. It is one of 51 historical markers documented in Liberty County, among 81 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 31.8010, -81.4663 near Midway. The nearest cataloged historic site is Civil Liberties at Dorchester Cooperative Center 1940 - present (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Dorchester Academy Boys' Dormitory, Dorchester Academy Boy's Dormitory, and Dorchester Academy.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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