Memorial at Dunbar Historical Lake (Kippra D. Hopper)
The First African American supervisor for Mrs. Baird’s, L.V. Andrews (Lubbock Avalanche-Journal)
Lubbock’s first African American city councilman, T.J. Patterson (Lubbock Avalanche-Journal)
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (Library of Congress)
In salute to the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and in commemoration of the city’s early African American pioneers, Lubbock’s Footprints of History Memorial is composed of symbolic footprints and the names of those who have made valuable contributions to the community, such as Councilman T.J. Patterson, Lubbock’s first African American city councilman, L.V. Andrews, the first African American supervisor for Mrs. Baird’s, and Frances Bell, the first African American woman to work for Lubbock National Bank’s mortgage loan and real estate department.
Footprints of History Memorial
- Above the waterfall at Dunbar Historical Lake at Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Canyon Lakes Drive, Lubbock, TX
