COMO PRESERVATION presents:  
BARBRA HORRELL & THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN HERITAGE TRAIL UPDATE
 
TICKETS:        Free and open to the public
DATE:              Tuesday, June 25
TIME:              6:00-7:45PM
MEETING:       Friends Room / Columbia Public Library
100 W Broadway, Columbia, MO 65203
 
LINK TO EVENT:  www.comopreservation.org/events
 
Join us at CoMo Preservation June meeting to hear Barbra Horrell’s update on Columbia’s African-American Heritage Trail. Three new stops have been added!
 
The African-American Heritage Trail features markers recognizing important properties and people - Blind Boone and his home, churches, Douglass High School, the site of Annie Fisher’s mansion on Park Street. 
 
Ms. Horrell said the 2-mile trail marks often hidden or forgotten history. The African American Heritage Trail organization began by unearthing and marking the history of Sharp End, Columbia’s African American business and housing center that was destroyed by urban renewal efforts in the 1960s.
After marking the Sharp End locations in 2016, the all-volunteer group went to mark more than two dozen locations.



About our Guest Speaker: Barbra Horrell
 
Barbra Horrell is a Columbia native and the co-director of the Sharp End committee and African-American Heritage Trail organization. She was recognized as CoMo Magazine’s 2020 Most Impactful Board Member for her tireless work with the Blind Boone Foundation, Sharp End African-American Heritage Trail, and CoMo 200. She’s been a part of the Sharp End Heritage Community and the Blind Boone Foundation for over fourteen years.

In addition to serving on the African American Heritage Trail group, Horrell is on the Mayor’s Taskforce on the McKinney Building Planning. The McKinney Building at 401 E. Broadway was recently purchased by the City of Columbia, and public outreach and decision-making on how to use it are underway.
 
 
Join a CoMo Preservation guide for a FREE walking tours and free monthly meetings to learn more about Columbia, its rich history, important people and places!
 
We hope to see you at our events where we explore the history of the places and spaces we love and work toward preserving them for the future.