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About Monroe Morton
- Monroe Bowers Morton, nicknamed Pink Morton (July 31, 1856 – February 12, 1919) was a prominent building owner, publisher, building contractor, developer, and postmaster in late 19th-century Georgia.
- An African American, he lived most of his life in Athens, Georgia, where he published a newspaper and built the Morton Building.
- The building included the Morton Theatre on its upper floors, a vaudeville venue, and offices for African-American professionals including doctors and druggists (pharmacists) on its ground floor.
- Occupants included Dr.
- Ida Mae Johnson Hiram, the first Black woman to be licensed to practice medicine (dentistry) in the state, and Dr.
- William H.
- Harris, one of the founders of the Georgia State Medical Association of Colored Physicians, Dentists and Druggists.
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