The Lincolnite Club, Inc. was incorporated in February 1985 as a 501(c) (3) Tax Exempt Corporation with a mission to preserve, revitalize, and perpetuate the Lincoln School Legacy. The principal purpose of this corporation included the acquisition, operation, and preservation of all buildings and land, “about 10 acres more or less”, on the Campus, formerly occupied by “The Lincoln School of Marion, Alabama”; and particularly that portion of said property which includes Phillips Memorial Auditorium; The Gymnasium and The Classroom Addition Building.

0n April 21, 2002 the Lincolnite Club, Inc. Lincoln Memorial Museum was established for the purpose of showing and telling the Lincoln School story by housing the artifacts, historical documents, memorabilia, videos, photos, newspaper articles, etc. and to showcase the culture of the community, perpetuating the legacy of Lincoln School.

The Mission of the Lincolnite Club is to preserve, revitalize, and perpetuate the Lincoln School Legacy.

Lincoln Normal School in Marion, Alabama was among the first schools established for the education of freed slaves after the Civil War.

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Lincoln Normal Photo Album

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Lincoln Normal School of Marion.

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Colette Pellegrini de Paur, shares a tribute

to her Great Grand Mother Idella Childs in her video, “Amstud Heritage Final-Citizenship.”

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Marion, AL, National

Thomas Jonathan Miree, National President

Linton Rutledge, National Officer

Post office Box 434
Marion, AL 36756-0434
(678) 695-8807

Birmingham, AL

Taylor Dorothy, Chapter President – Strategist
Birmingham AL 35211
(678) 695-8807

Palm Desert, California

Berlean D. Holland, Chapter President
Los Angeles, CA

Linton Rutledge, National Officer
Los Angeles, CA

Viola Benson, Member at Large
Palm Desert, CA

(678) 695-8807

Marion, AL

Bryant Richard, Chapter President – Scholarship Committee

Ethel Ree Waite, Corresponding Secretary – Strategic Planning Committee

McCoy Stephens, Trustee – Strategic Planning Committee

Reese Billingslea, Trustee

Mary Lue Essex, Trustee

Doris Hollis, Trustee

Robert H Turner, SR., Trustee

Evelyn Stokes, Financial Secretary

(678) 695-8807

Montgomery, AL

Jesse Perry, Trustee

Mollie Perry-Reed, Member at Large

(678) 695-8807

Selma, AL

Leola Dobynes, Museum Curator

(678) 695-8807

Chicago, IL

Fort Wayne, IN

Detroit, MI

Amzie Griffin, Chapter President

Barbara Brice, Recording Secretary

Gwendolyn Griffin-Harmon, Marketing & Website Designer

(678) 695-8807

Washington, DC

Geraldine Whitley, Parliamentarian

(678) 695-8807

Atlanta, GA

Bettye Walker, Trustee
Atlanta, GA

Revonia Bryant, Member at Large
Atlanta, GA

Joe D. Woods, Member at Large
St. Simmons Island, GA

(678) 695-8807