Joseph Boone historic marker on Atlanta agenda, but proposal leaves site blank

Atlanta’s proposal to honor the Rev. Joseph E. Boone with a historic marker is back on a committee agenda Oct. 13, but the resolution in the meeting packet leaves a basic question unanswered: where it would go.⁠[1]

Resolution 26-R-3988 would recognize Boone’s service to Atlanta and contributions to the civil rights movement. Its location line is blank, and installation would remain subject to city departments’ final approval of the marker’s text, design and placement. The proposal is not a finalized marker plan.⁠[1]

In making their case for the memorial, the sponsors describe Boone’s work linking civil rights organizing with economic opportunity. They credit his leadership at Rush Memorial Congregational Church with providing students space to organize protests, and his role in Operation Breadbasket with pressing businesses to hire and promote Black workers.⁠[1]

The agenda says the measure was held Sept. 15 at the sponsor’s request. Its legislative history records City Council returning it as held Oct. 5 and lists committee consideration Oct. 13 as pending. That listing is a scheduled checkpoint—not approval of the marker or a promise of a final vote.⁠[1]

The Community Development/Human Services Committee meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 13, at 1:30 p.m. in the Larry M. Dingle Committee Room at City Hall, 55 Trinity Avenue.⁠[1]