African American Heritage Society dedicates
A.J. Morton Funeral Home
“OUR AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY HERE IS RICH AND WE HAVE
LOTS MORE WORK TO DO,” MCCLELLAN SAID.“ STAY TUNED
The African American Heritage Society of Maury County celebrated another milestone by preserving the history of
A.J. Morton Funeral Home and the 70th anniversary of the 1946 Columbia Race Riot.
T
he dedication at
First Missionary
Baptist Church
included remarks
by keynote speaker
and Tennessee
state historian
Dr. Carroll Van
West, who is also co-chair
of the Tennessee Civil War
Sesquicentennial Commission
and director of the Tennessee
Civil War national Her