Eugene J. Bullard - 1895-1961 (Side 1)
Bullard grew up in a small shotgun style house near this site. His father, William, was a laborer for the W. C. Bradley Company. Eugene completed the fifth grade at the 28th Street School. Shaken by the death of his mother, Josephine, and the near lynching of his father, Bullard left Columbus as a young teenager. In 1912, he stowed-away on a merchant ship out of Norfolk, Virginia. He spent the next 28 years of his life in Europe.
Erected by the Historic Columbus Foundation and Historic Chattahoochee Commission - 2007
Plaque courtesy Lat34North.com.
Original page, with additional info, here.
Photo credit: CrippledBlindSquirrel.