Early Edgewood / Candler Park BiRacial History Project

The BiRacial History Project respectfully investigates and raises up the complex post-Civil War history of the Early Edgewood-Candler Park neighborhood. In collaboration with First Existentialist Congregation and Antioch East Baptist Church (the African American congregation founded here in 1874), the historic Old Stone Church Sanctuary serves as the legacy structure and home base for the History Project’s programs and archives.

To find out more about our research and work, photos and stories from the local Black community that thrived and persevered here from the 1870s into the 1980s, go to our website at www.biracialhistoryproject.org.

Mother Phoebe Luckie Crockett
Mother Phoebe Luckie Crockett is featured on Walking Tour Site #3 Legacy Marker. She was an early neighborhood resident who sponsored children’s activities at the Edgewood Evening Star Lodge. This photo represents five descendent generations of M. Crockett’s family. (photo courtesy of Dwayne Holmes)
Descendants of Antioch (East) Baptist Church 1874
Descendants of Antioch (East) Baptist Church 1874 founding families – Howard, Lattimore, & Patterson – join with Walking Tour Site #4 Legacy Marker sponsors, Candler Park neighbors. They are working together with the BiRacial History Project and First E to document Antioch’s ancestral neighborhood (photo courtesy of Allie Goolrick).
History Project volunteers
History Project volunteers from First E, Antioch East, and the Candler Park neighborhood doing maintenance at Antioch’s First Church Site Commemorative Bench on Oakdale Road in Candler Park. (photo courtesy of Edith Kelman )
The Latimore family
The Latimore family is featured on Walking Tour Site #2 Legacy Marker. In 1893, they were pioneers in the African American Community on Rose Hill in the Mayson Ave. Subdivision of early Edgewood-Candler Park. This photo represents six generations of the Latimore family. (photo courtesy of William Read & George Nikas)
History Project Walking Tours
History Project Walking Tours, in partnership with Atlanta Preservation Center Phoenix Flies Annual Celebrations in March, are free to the public. (photo courtesy of Edith Kelman)