Through the efforts of local community leaders and sponsors, the history of Columbia’s black community will be preserved for generations to come.
On Wednesday afternoon behind the J.W. “Blind” Boone Home, city leaders unveiled the final markers for the African-American Heritage Trail.
The trail is a 2-mile walking trail in central Columbia that takes visitors to dozens of historical markers, each representing a different person or place important to Columbia’s black community.
The event was the second of two unveilings this month that mark the completion of the trail. The process has taken several years. Behind the project was the Sharp End Heritage Committee, a group tasked with creating this trail.
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