Mary Lin School

Located at 586 Candler Park Drive, the Mary Lin School was built in the late 1920’s but was not open to African American children until 1965. We placed a memorial brick there in 2009.

The Mary Lin Elementary School and the BiRacial History Project worked together to develop a Local History Curriculum compatible with Georgia Performance Standards that connects students, families, and staff with the diverse history of the Lin neighborhood.  By exploring the history of the Candler Park neighborhood, Mary Lin teachers can relate their instruction to real life local experiences for the students. Students and families can investigate their neighborhood as local history detectives.

In support of this curriculum and neighborhood engagement at Lin, the History Project has provided a research-based “Local History Collection” for the Lin Media Center. Primary and secondary resource materials are organized in a friendly, color-coded notebook format available to students and teachers, families and neighbors. In 2013, these materials became the first collection in Lin’s Local History Resource Center for school and community use.