A C T I V I T I E S The African American Heritiage Project has started to collect archival materials and depositing then in the East Texas Research Center in the Ralph W. Steen Library. These materials range from documents to oral history interviews with African Americans. Recently the members of the AAHP attended the East Texas Historical Association 1999 Fall Meeting at the Fredonia Hotel in Nacogdoches, Texas. President Birdie Wade, Mr. Marion Upshaw, Dr. Wilbert Brown, and Dr. Scott Bill composed a panel at the conference which discussed the AAHP and African American history in Nacogdoches. AAHP panel at the East Texas Historical Association meeting in the fall of 1999 discuss the organization's acitivities. Marion Upshaw, Mrs. Berdie Wade, Wilbert Brown, and Scott Bills represented the AAHP at the conference. President Birdie Wade (center) talks with other members of the AAHP plan the research projects for the year. Marion Upshaw (left) Tom McKinney (standing) and Dr. Robert Mathis (right) are shown in the picture. Currently the AAHP has focused its research on Shawnee Street, which is the main throughfair in the African American Community in Nacogdoches. The AAHP is excited about this because an in-depth research project on this area has never been attempted before. Little Zion Hill Baptist Church on Shawnee Street. E. J. Campbell High School on Shawnee Street. This building was Nacogdoches' Black High School during segregation. The AAHP is also working on the restoration of Zion Hill Baptist Church. This registered Texas Historical Landmark was reciently featured by the Texas Historical Commission in its African Americans in Texas: Historical and Cultural Legacies brochure. Zion Hill Baptist Church as seen from Oak Grove Cemetery. Tour of Zion Hill Church and Cemetery. Zion Hill Baptist Church was recently featured by the Texas Historical Commission in its African Americans in Texas: Historical and Cultural Legacies brochure. Examples of some of the photographs collected on the 1920s. MAIN PAGE | EMAIL | CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS | LINKS ©1999 The Center for East Texas Studies Stephen F. Austin State University Nacogdoches, Texas U.S.A.