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African Americans Topic
By Dodson M. Curry, June 4, 2011
Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal AME Zion Church Marker
GEOGRAPHIC SORT WITH USA FIRST
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Located in the heart of one of Montgomery's historic African-American neighborhoods. Mount Zion A.M.E. Zion Church was constructed in 1899 and heavily remodeled in 1921. It served as a significant center for religious, political, and . . . — — Map (db m86411) HM |
| On Cong W L Dickinson Drive (County Road 21) north of Gunter Park Drive, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Organized on June 19, 1819, by Rev. James McLemore, Electious Thompson, Arnold Edwards, and E. Jeter, Old Elam is one of Montgomery's earliest Baptist churches. It began with fourteen members and was one of the four original churches that comprised . . . — — Map (db m111373) HM |
| On Gunter Park Drive at Cong W L Dickinson Drive (County Road 21), on the right when traveling west on Gunter Park Drive. |
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Old Elam Baptist Church Cemetery is Montgomery County's 22nd cemetery listed in the prestigious Alabama Historic Cemetery Register. Rev. James McLemore, Electious Thompson, Arnold Edwards, and E. Jeter founded Old Elam Baptist Church on June 19, . . . — — Map (db m82565) HM |
| On Holcombe Street at Mildred Street, on the right when traveling north on Holcombe Street. |
| | This congregation was organized by the Court Street Methodist Church in the early 1850s. The latter group offered their 1835 wood frame building to the black members if they would relocate it. In 1852 the church was moved to this site under the . . . — — Map (db m72170) HM |
| On South Holt Street at Bullock Street, on the right when traveling south on South Holt Street. |
| | Born on the west side of Holt Street, April 11, 1899, Percy Lavon Julian entered Depauw University in 1916; graduated in chemistry with Phi Beta Kappa honors. Earned master's from Harvard, Ph.D. at the University of Vienna. His studies led to a . . . — — Map (db m86418) HM |
| On Caroline Street south of Clayton Street. |
| | Black and brown people in the United States often are presumed dangerous and guilty when thet have done nothing wrong. Our history of racial inequality has created conscious and unconscious bias that has resulted in racial discrimination against . . . — — Map (db m119077) HM |
| On Mobile Highway north of Young Drive, on the right when traveling south. |
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Front
Born on July 7, 1937, in Calhoun, Alabama, Richard C. Boone
devoted his life to the causes of civil and human rights. He joined
the Air Force at the age of sixteen and following his service received
a degree in political . . . — — Map (db m155066) HM |
| On Dexter Avenue at Commerce Street, on the right when traveling east on Dexter Avenue. |
| | Side A A Lady of Courage
Born in Tuskegee, AL on February 4, 1913, to James McCauley, a carpenter, and Leona Edwards, a teacher. Moved with mother and brother to Pine Level, AL after parents' separation. Enrolled in Mrs. White's School . . . — — Map (db m36503) HM |
| On South Jackson Street at University Drive North, on the right when traveling north on South Jackson Street. |
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Mother of the modern day civil rights movement — — Map (db m91278) HM |
| On Montgomery Street at Molton Street, on the right when traveling south on Montgomery Street. |
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Side 1
On December 1, 1955, Rosa Louis McCauley Parks was arrested on this site for refusing the order of city bus driver J. F. Blake to vacate her seat under the segregation laws of the Jim Crow era. She was taken to police . . . — — Map (db m91286) HM |
| On Rosa L Parks Avenue at Early Street, on the right when traveling south on Rosa L Parks Avenue. Reported missing. |
| | Side 1
Rosa Parks Branch Library
Second public library for blacks in City of Montgomery, this building opened in 1960 as Montgomery Branch Library on Cleveland Avenue. Designed by architect James Miller Davis, it served the black . . . — — Map (db m71388) HM |
| On Montgomery Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Side A
At the bus stop on this site on December 1, 1955, Mrs. Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to boarding whites. This brought about her arrest, conviction, and fine. The Boycott began December 5, the day of Parks’ trial, as a . . . — — Map (db m86422) HM |
| On East Patton Avenue at Wesley Drive, on the right when traveling east on East Patton Avenue. |
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Rosa Parks Returns to St. Paul AME
Rosa Louise McCauley Parks, the Mother of the Civil Rights Movement, passed away in Detroit on Oct. 24, 2005 at the age of 92. Six days later, dressed in the uniform of an AME deaconess, her body arrived . . . — — Map (db m127280) HM |
| On Court Square at Dexter Avenue, on the right when traveling west on Court Square. |
| | Rosa M. Parks (1913-2005) was arrested on a Montgomery bus December 1, 1955 for refusing to relinquish her seat to a white passenger. Her arrest, which happened 2 blocks west on Montgomery Street, sparked the 381-day Montgomery Bus Boycott, which . . . — — Map (db m143325) HM |
| On Adams Avenue 0.2 miles east of Hall Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | One of Montgomery’s oldest African American-owned businesses, Ross-Clayton Funeral Home was founded in 1918, as a partnership between insurance agent Robert Ambers Ross and a colleague. A partnership was later formed with William and Frazzie . . . — — Map (db m155107) HM |
| On N Bainbridge Street north of Dexter Avenue, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Side A The Selma-to-Montgomery March ended here on March 25, 1965, when 25,000 civil rights marchers arrived at the Alabama State Capitol to demand the right to vote for African Americans. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights . . . — — Map (db m62747) HM |
| On West Jeff Davis Avenue at Adeline Street, on the right when traveling west on West Jeff Davis Avenue. |
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Sherman, Sr. and Nettie White lived at this address on W. Jeff Davis Ave. Both teachers, they taught their children Sherman Jr., Willa, James, and Samson to love their country and value education. Willa, James, and Samson would graduate . . . — — Map (db m71084) HM |
| On South Jackson Street at High Street, on the right when traveling south on South Jackson Street. |
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Side 1
South Jackson Street
Long a home to African-American professionals, politicians, and businessmen, South Jackson Street is in the heart of Centennial Hill, a neighborhood which developed in the 1870s. One block north at . . . — — Map (db m71354) HM |
| On East Patton Avenue at Wesley Drive, on the right when traveling east on East Patton Avenue. |
| | By the turn of the twentieth century, African Americans were gathering on Hardaway Street in a brush arbor to worship. In 1907, they incorporated what is now known as St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church, with Rev. Felix Strum serving as the . . . — — Map (db m127279) HM |
| On Oak Street 0.1 miles south of Lincoln Terrace, on the right when traveling south. |
| | The civil rights movement in Montgomery was born from the support
of both organized groups and individual residents. The day-in-day-out support came from local citizens, who were guided by groups on both the local and the national level.
The . . . — — Map (db m91467) HM |
| On South Union Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Side A Named for Union General and Freemen’s Bureau Agent Wager Swayne, Swayne College was dedicated 21 April 1869. The Bureau appropriated $10,000 for the building and the local black community purchased 3.5 acres for the site. Future . . . — — Map (db m28171) HM |
| On Dexter Avenue at South Lawrence Street, on the right when traveling east on Dexter Avenue. |
| | In July 1885, the state Adjutant General authorized the organization of a black infantry company known as the Capital City Guards. Joseph L. Ligon was elected captain. Over the next 20 years, the Capital City Guards were a source of tremendous civic . . . — — Map (db m71260) HM |
| On Commerce Street at Water Street, on the left when traveling north on Commerce Street. |
| | Side 1
The Domestic Slave Trade
Beginning in the seventeenth century, millions of African people were kidnapped, sold into slavery, and shipped to the Americas as part of the Transatlantic Slave Trade. In 1808, the United States . . . — — Map (db m86427) HM |
| On North McDonough Street at Monroe Street, on the left when traveling north on North McDonough Street. |
| | This site, known as “Posey’s Parking Lot,” served the black community as one of two major transportation centers during the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Mrs. Rosa Parks’s December 1, 1955 arrest following her refusal to surrender her seat at . . . — — Map (db m71261) HM |
| On Goldthwaite Street at Montgomery Street, on the left when traveling south on Goldthwaite Street. |
| | Located at the hilltop overlooking Downtown
Montgomery, Five Points is an intersection of history
and humanity. Here the historic black communities of
West Montgomery meet the Cottage Hill neighborhood
featuring Montgomery's most preserved . . . — — Map (db m91734) HM |
| On Rufus A. Lewis Lane at Dericote Street on Rufus A. Lewis Lane. |
| | Lewis began an earnest voting rights drive in the early 1940s. Credited with registering 4 generations of Montgomery voters. He established Citizenship Schools that tutored prospective black voters to fill out the literacy text, a barrier before the . . . — — Map (db m86429) HM |
| Near Union Street at Scott Street, on the right when traveling north. Reported missing. |
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The Jackson-Community House
In 1853, Jefferson Franklin Jackson, a native Alabamian and U.S. Attorney for the Alabama Middle District, built this two-story clapboard home originally with a dogtrot pattern. A Whig Party . . . — — Map (db m71236) HM |
| On Commerce Street 0.1 miles north of Bibb Street (Alabama Route 108), on the right when traveling north. |
| | Side 1
The Montgomery Slave Trade
Montgomery had grown into one of the most prominent slave trading communities in Alabama by 1860. At the start of the Civil War, the city had a larger slave population than Mobile, New Orleans, or . . . — — Map (db m70715) HM |
| Near Caroline Street south of Clayton Street, on the left when traveling south. |
| | In the 17th and 18th centuries, 12 million African people were kidnapped, chained, and brought to the Americas after a torturous journey across the Atlantic Ocean. Nearly two million people died during the voyage. The labor of enslaved black people . . . — — Map (db m118044) HM |
| On Dexter Avenue at South Decatur Street, on the right when traveling east on Dexter Avenue. |
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Ended at the foot of the Capitol steps
on March 25, 1965
Here Dr. King addressed 25,000 people
"I believe this march will go down
as one of the greatest struggles
for freedom and dignity
in the nation's history." . . . — — Map (db m80847) HM |
| Near Caroline Street south of Clayton Street, on the left when traveling south. |
| | The Transatlantic Slave Trade killed millions of African people. Men, women, and children were kidnapped and taken in chains to the Americas to create wealth for Europeans. For over two centuries, enslaved black people in the United States were . . . — — Map (db m118041) HM |
| On Dexter Avenue at South Bainbridge Street, on the right when traveling east on Dexter Avenue. |
| | On Thursday, March 25, 1965, the Selma to Montgomery
marchers left St. Jude and continued through the streets
of Montgomery, the crowd swelling in numbers as they
approached Court Square. By the time they reached
Dexter Avenue, a crowd of more . . . — — Map (db m91322) HM |
| On Montgomery Street at Molton Street, on the right when traveling south on Montgomery Street. |
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The ten bronze roundels displayed on this wall are a tribute to the
"foot soldiers" who toiled for 382 days during the Montgomery Bus
Boycott of 1955 and 1956. The roundels depict individuals who
were involved in, and events that occurred . . . — — Map (db m91276) HM |
| | Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church was organized in 1918 at this location by ministers of what later became the American Lutheran Church under whose auspices the congregation organized a day school
on the property across the street. That school . . . — — Map (db m86469) HM |
| On Maxwell Boulevard north of North Goldthwaite Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | This mural honors the late Grammy Award winner Nathaniel Adams Coles (1919-1965) later known as Nat King Cole, who was born in Montgomery, Alabama. Cole was an American jazz pianist and vocalist. He acted, performed on Broadway, recorded over 100 . . . — — Map (db m152651) HM |
| On Old Wetumpka Highway (County Road 74) 0.2 miles south of Brooks Road, on the left when traveling south. |
| | In 1881, former slaves Gadson Draw, Frank Felder, Eli Madison, Kate Marshall, and Killis Marshall founded this church. Rev. Solomon S. Seay, Sr., pastor from 1928-1929, was a stalwart in the Civil Rights Movement and served as the third president of . . . — — Map (db m158657) HM |
| On Georgia Washington Road at Antioch Lane, on the right when traveling south on Georgia Washington Road. |
| | Miss Georgia Washington founded the Peoples Village School for black students on this site in 1893. Georgia Washington was born a slave November 23, 1851 in Virginia. As a student at Hampton Institute, Virginia, she met Dr. Booker T. Washington who . . . — — Map (db m72010) HM |
| On Marler Road (County Route 107) at Avenue of the Oaks, on the left when traveling south on Marler Road. |
| | House built ca. 1830s by Alexander Carter on small land holding. Increasing fortunes led to a 1780-acre diversified and innovative plantation. Oak trees planted on either side of front drive led to its name. During WWII, an auxiliary landing strip, . . . — — Map (db m72014) HM |
| On Ferry Street Northeast south of Cain Street Northeast, on the right when traveling south. |
| | A series of racially charged trials where nine African American males ages 13 to 20 were falsely accused of raping two white women on a freight train in Alabama produced a pair of landmark civil rights decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court in the . . . — — Map (db m154233) HM |
| Near Oak Street Northeast at Market Street Northeast. |
| | As sharpshooting and artillery fire continued throughout the morning of October 28, Granger and Doolittle determined to launch an attack upon the Confederate battery at the edge of the Tennessee River, whose fire threatened the critical pontoon . . . — — Map (db m86478) HM |
| On Vine Street Northwest at Sycamore Street Northwest, on the right when traveling north on Vine Street Northwest. |
| | Old Town played a vital part in the city's history. The first lot sold in 1821 before the city incorporated in 1826. During Reconstruction, the neighborhood emerged politically, economically and educationally. Many prominent African American . . . — — Map (db m154237) HM |
| On Church Street south of 8th Avenue NE, on the right when traveling south. |
| | When classes began on this site in the late 1800s, the teaching staff
of the East End Public School (also known as the Gibb Street School)
consisted of Professor T. A. Frierson and his wife, Anna B. Frierson.
At the time, it was the only school . . . — — Map (db m158179) HM |
| On Vine Street Northwest at Grove Street Northwest, on the left when traveling north on Vine Street Northwest. |
| | Led by first pastor Alfred Peters, 21 members organized this church on April 22, 1866, in the home of Sister Jane Young. Services were first held in a storefront building on the banks of the Tennessee River. In 1873 First Missionary purchased a . . . — — Map (db m27765) HM |
| On Vine Street Northeast south of McCartney Street Northwest, on the right when traveling north. |
| | King's Memorial United Methodist Church, formerly St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church, evolved out of the Decatur First Methodist Episcopal Church. founded in 1827. In 1854, Richard Rather, Charity Barnes Rather, and Robert Murphy led the church's . . . — — Map (db m154238) HM |
| On Vine Street Northwest at Sycamore Street Northwest, on the right when traveling north on Vine Street Northwest. |
| | The Vine Street Business District, located in Old Town, once played a vital part of the city's history. After the Civil War, the neighborhood emerged politically, economically and educationally. Many prominent African American citizens resided . . . — — Map (db m154243) HM |
| On Wilson Street Northwest (U.S. 72) at Raiload Street, on the right when traveling west on Wilson Street Northwest. |
| | In 1860, the Memphis and Charleston Railroad was the only east-west route through the United States south of the Mason-Dixon Line. Maintaining control of this rail line was essential to Confederate strategy. Union Brigadier General Ormsby Mitchell . . . — — Map (db m28262) HM |
| On Pickens Street at Jefferson Street, on the right when traveling north on Pickens Street. |
| | On February 18, 1965, a night march was planned to support activist James Orange, incarcerated in the Perry County Jail. Preachers led participants from this church, Zion Chapel Methodist, the physical and spiritual base of the movement in Marion. . . . — — Map (db m116896) HM |
| On Clay Street at Church Street, on the left when traveling west on Clay Street. |
| | Organized in Lincoln School by freed slaves and representatives of the American Missionary Association, an auxiliary of the Congregational Churches of America. Wherever a school was operated by the A.M.A. a church soon followed. Religion and . . . — — Map (db m70087) HM |
| On Pickens Street at Green Street, on the right when traveling north on Pickens Street. |
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Jailed as a leader in the
struggle for voting rights
Perry County, Alabama
- 1965 -
"Hey Leader!"
SCLC/W.O.M.E.N., INC.
Women's Organizational Movement for Equality Now
Evelyn G. Lowery, . . . — — Map (db m117076) HM |
| On Pickens Street near Green Street, on the right when traveling north. |
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– Pioneer Freedom Fighter
– Champion of
Voting Rights
– Bold advocate for
the poor
and oppressed
Presented by
SCLC/W.O.M.E.N., INC.
Women's Organizational Movement for Equality . . . — — Map (db m117077) HM |
| On Pickens Street at Jackson Street, on the right when traveling south on Pickens Street. |
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Front
Jimmie Lee Jackson
Voting Rights Martyr
The death of Jimmie Lee Jackson, shot after police disrupted a peaceful nighttime demonstration in Marion, inspired the first attempted march from Selma to Montgomery that led to . . . — — Map (db m116893) HM |
| On Lincoln Street at Lee Street, on the left when traveling west on Lincoln Street. |
| | On July 17, 1867, nine ex-slaves (James Childs, Alexander H. Curtis, Nicholas Dale, John Freeman, David Harris, Thomas Lee, Nathan Levert, Ivey Pharish and Thomas Speed) formed and incorporated the “Lincoln School of Marion.” They soon . . . — — Map (db m70096) HM |
| Near Clements Street 0.1 miles east of Washington Street, on the left when traveling east. |
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From October 24, 1855 through December 17, 1877, the Parish records of St. Wilfrid's Episcopal Church states that people of color, both slave and free, were buried here in St. Wilfrid's cemetery. — — Map (db m70067) HM |
| On Washington Street (U.S. 80) 0.2 miles east of Village Avenue, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Site of the road-house, Green Gables, built in 1928, which became the social center of the Black Belt. It was known for its lively but restrained atmosphere provided by a dance floor, juke box, and excellent T-bone steaks. Mr. Walter Kemp was the . . . — — Map (db m70064) HM |
| Near Columbus Road (Alabama Route 14) at 10th Avenue Northwest, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Summerville Industrial High School, the first high school for African Americans in the southern part of Pickens County, was moved to this site in 1958, becoming Robert Jackson Kirksey High School. The new name honored a long-term member of the . . . — — Map (db m92647) HM |
| On Court Square North on Court Square North. |
| | Pickens County, named for General Andrew Pickens of South Carolina, was established December 19, 1820. First County Site was Pickensville. On March 5, 1830, the government awarded 80 acres of land at Carrollton for the County Site. The first . . . — — Map (db m22178) HM |
| On County Road 6600 at County Road 6602, on the right when traveling north on County Road 6600. |
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Founded prior to 1850, at the same time as the original church near Fryer's Bridge, which became the village of Linwood in the late 1850s. Original cemetery included the graves of both black and white parishioners of the early church. In the . . . — — Map (db m76746) HM |
| On East Academy Street at Farrior Street, on the left when traveling east on East Academy Street. |
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Side 1
On May 9, 1921, S.B. Innis, C.L. Jenkins, James Henderson, Pres Thomas and C.B. Brooks, the “colored school committee,” entered into a school mortgage for the construction of a building for “colored school . . . — — Map (db m76755) HM |
| On County Road 16 at Bacon Cove Road (County Road 75), on the right when traveling south on County Road 16. |
| | Pottery-Making Families of Randolph County
During the 1830s, pottery-making families moved directly from the Carolinas and Georgia. Most came from the Edgefield District of western South Carolina, which boasted an important pottery-making . . . — — Map (db m118124) HM |
| On 12th Avenue at 15th Street, on the left when traveling north on 12th Avenue. |
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Allen Temple A.M.E. Church
In 1879, under the pastorate of Reverend George Wesley Allen, the Allen Temple African Methodist Episcopal Church had its humble beginning in Phenix City, Alabama as Grant Mission. The Russell . . . — — Map (db m69082) HM |
| On Broad Street at Dillingham Street, on the right when traveling south on Broad Street. |
| | (side 1)
Horace King a slave of John Godwin was construction foreman for the first Dillingham Street Bridge in 1832, when he and Godwin introduced the “town lattice” bridge design into the Chattahoochee Valley. King built most . . . — — Map (db m69064) HM |
| On Cutchin Drive (Alabama Route 26) 0.2 miles west of Old Seale Highway, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Built in Glennville, Alabama by slave artisans in the early 1840's for James Billingslea and Rebecca Stone Mitchell. Moved by ox-cart and reassembled by free citizens at the present site in 1867 or 1869. Purchased in 1895 by Hugh Bennett and Jessie . . . — — Map (db m69409) HM |
| On Sandfort Road (County Road 22) at Dusty Road, on the right when traveling west on Sandfort Road. |
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Old St. Peter A.M.E. Church Cemetery is one of Russell County's oldest African-American cemeteries. Established in the early 1880s by former slaves, the church became a central institution to many families in the Seale community. Records indicate . . . — — Map (db m78116) HM |
| On Main Street (Alabama Route 119) at Shelby Street, on the right when traveling north on Main Street. |
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Lynching in America
Thousands of African Americans were lynched in the United States
between the Civil War and World War II. Lynching, a form of racial
terrorism used to intimidate black people and to enforce white supremacy,
was most . . . — — Map (db m151279) HM |
| On Jefferson Street (Alabama Route 63) just south of A Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Freedmen moving to the new market town of Youngsville in the early 1870s occupied homes along a street they called Needmore Street. They relocated their house of worship from near the present junction of South Central Avenue and Cherokee Road to . . . — — Map (db m45740) HM |
| On Pittman Avenue (State Highway 50) at Ward Circle, on the right when traveling west on Pittman Avenue. |
| | Lyman Ward Military Academy was founded in 1898 as the Southern Industrial Institute by Dr. Lyman Ward, a Universalist minister from New York. Dr. Ward established SII to educate the poor children of Alabama, many of whom had few opportunities due . . . — — Map (db m25501) HM |
| Near Romulus Road at Louise Drive. |
| | Constituted as Big Creek Baptist Church on July 22, 1820 by Daniel Brown and Thomas Baines (ancestor of President Lyndon B. Johnson) with Phillip May as first pastor, Joseph Barrett and Charles Pate as first deacons. As the third oldest church in . . . — — Map (db m107529) HM |
| On University Boulevard at Colonial Drive, on the right when traveling west on University Boulevard. |
| | First African American to enroll at the University of Alabama following successful litigation under the historic 1954 Brown v. Board of Education ruling. She began classes on February 3, 1956; however, after three days of tumultuous demonstrations, . . . — — Map (db m108342) HM |
| On 6th Street west of 28th Avenue, on the right. |
| | He oversaw the closing of the unstable State Bank. In 1845 the legislature amended the constitution to allow the removal of the capital from Tuscaloosa. The growing wealth and population of the Black Belt brought the seat of government to Montgomery. — — Map (db m29033) HM |
| On Stillman Boulevard (U.S. 11), on the right when traveling east. |
| | Oldest existing Black Presbyterian Church in Alabama. Organized by Dr. Charles A. Stillman as Salem Church in December, 1880. First church building erected 9th Street and 30th Avenue in 1882. First pastors were Reverend B. M. Wilkinson (1889-90) and . . . — — Map (db m40390) HM |
| On 6th Street at 28th Avenue, on the right when traveling west on 6th Street. |
| | As you look at the ruins of the
former Alabama State Capitol, it
may be difficult to realize that the
building stood at the center of
debates over freedom and liberty.
Until the end of the Civil War,
Alabama and Tuscaloosa were
centers of . . . — — Map (db m144856) HM |
| On Paul W Bryant Drive east of 2nd Avenue, on the left when traveling east. |
| | In 1883 the Castle Hill Real Estate and Manufacturing Company began the first eastern expansion of the original 1821 Tuscaloosa city limits. Hoping to stimulate development in the area, the company created a popular amusement park centered around . . . — — Map (db m35467) HM |
| On Stillman Boulevard at Ty Rogers Avenue, on the right when traveling east on Stillman Boulevard. |
| | Organized November 1866, with 144 members. The Rev. Prince Murrell, first pastor, served until 1885. A church building located at corner of 4th Street and 24th Avenue was purchased and became place of worship during pastorate of the Rev. James . . . — — Map (db m40408) HM |
| On Stillman Boulevard east of T.Y. Rogers Jr Avenue, on the right when traveling east. |
| | First African Baptist Church played a
central role in the fight for civil rights
in Tuscaloosa because it was the home
church of Rev. T. Y. Rogers, Jr., the
most important local leader in the
movement, and the primary site for mass
protest . . . — — Map (db m144855) HM |
| Near Greensboro Avenue near 2nd Street (Jack Warner Parkway). |
| | Born a slave in South Carolina in 1807, Horace King became a master bridge builder while working with John Godwin. With the aid of Tuscaloosan Robert Jemison, King was freed by act of the Alabama legislature in 1846. He went on to build many bridges . . . — — Map (db m28913) HM |
| On T.Y. Rogers Jr Avenue north of 14th Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | In September 1952, Autherine Lucy's
application to the University of
Alabama was accepted. When she
arrived on campus and the university
officials discovered that she was
African-American, they denied her
admission. In 1955, following . . . — — Map (db m144853) HM |
| On 6th Street west of 28th Avenue, on the right. |
| | He initiated construction of the Capitol, the University of Alabama, and the State Bank. The legislature passed laws, known as slave codes, to severely restrict the rights of slaves, while citizens began to press for the removal of Alabama's . . . — — Map (db m29020) HM |
| On 6th Street at 28th Avenue, on the right when traveling east on 6th Street. |
| | Lynching in America
Thousands of African Americans were victims of lynching and racial violence in the United States between the Civil War and World War II. The lynching of African Americans during this era was a form of racial terrorism . . . — — Map (db m144735) HM |
| On 6th Avenue at 8th Street, on the right when traveling north on 6th Avenue. |
| | The Autherine Lucy Clock Tower is dedicated to the sacrifice and commitment of a courageous individual who took a stand for change at a crucial time in the history of The University of Alabama. The open arches, which mirror the architecture of . . . — — Map (db m37918) HM |
| On Stillman Boulevard, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Founded as Tuscaloosa Institute 1876 by Presbyterian Church U.S. under leadership of Dr. Charles Allen Stillman, pastor of First Presbyterian Church, Tuscaloosa, to train Black ministers. Renamed Stillman Institute 1894 for Dr. Stillman, first . . . — — Map (db m35676) HM |
| On Capstone Drive, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Constructed as a guard house for the Alabama Corps of Cadets during the early 1860's, the Little Round House provided shelter from inclement weather for cadets on sentry duty. Until 1865, it also housed the University Drum Corps, which was composed . . . — — Map (db m25387) HM |
| On Hackberry Lane at Margaret Drive, on the right when traveling north on Hackberry Lane. |
| | Buried near this plaque are Jack Rudolph and William “Boysey” Brown, two slaves owned by University of Alabama faculty, and William J. Crawford, a University student who died in 1844.
Rudolph was born in Africa about 1791 and died . . . — — Map (db m40389) HM |
| On State Highway 28 at McCall Road (Prairie Mission Road), on the right when traveling west on State Highway 28. |
| | Prairie Mission was established in 1894 by the Freedmen’s Board of the United Presbyterian Church of North America to educate the children of ex-slaves. The Mission consisted of a church, school building, dormitories for male and female students, a . . . — — Map (db m38496) HM |
| On Snow Hill Institute Road 0.3 miles north of County Road 26, on the right when traveling north. |
| | (obverse)
Snow Hill Institute was founded in 1893 by William James Edwards, a graduate of historic Tuskegee Institute established by Booker T. Washington in 1881.
Snow Hill’s lineage extends back to Hampton Institute where Washington . . . — — Map (db m68185) HM |
| On Smith Avenue at Winrow Street, on the left when traveling west on Smith Avenue. |
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Dedicated 23 April 2009
Honoring the stamina, courage, and
tenacity of soldiers assigned to the
9th Cavalry Regiment • 10th Cavalry Regiment • 24th Infantry Regiment • 25th Infantry Regiment • 92nd Infantry Division • 93rd Infantry . . . — — Map (db m28201) HM |
| On N. Greenfield Road at E. McKellips Road, on the right when traveling north on N. Greenfield Road. |
| | Commemorative Air Force
Arizona Military Aviation
Walk of Honor
Proudly Recognizes
Arizonan Tuskegee Airmen
1940 — 1949
“Red Tails”
The Tuskegee Airmen set the precedent African-Americans could excel in military . . . — — Map (db m102913) HM WM |
| On East Jefferson 0 miles east of 15th Street, on the right when traveling east. |
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Eastlake Park has served the inhabitants of Phoenix since the late 1880's. Originally known as Patton's Park, it was developed by the Phoenix Railway Company to serve as a recreational area for patrons of the city's trolley system. The . . . — — Map (db m55058) HM |
| On North Grand Avenue at North Santa Cruz Street, on the right when traveling south on North Grand Avenue. |
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Grand Ave. School was founded in 1928 as a grammar school, grades one through eight, for the African American children of Nogales. In 1943 the school's name was changed to Frank A. Reed in honor of a former student, Frank A. Reed, who died in . . . — — Map (db m27113) HM |
| Near State Highway 142 0.9 miles east of Robert Mazzanti Road (Parish Road 505). |
| | When Arkansas went to war in 1861, Lycurgus and Lydia Johnson and their family stayed with their home at Lakeport. By 1862, U.S. gunboats were common on the Mississippi River, and on Sept. 6, 1862, Confederate troops burned 158 bales of cotton at . . . — — Map (db m89797) HM |
| On St. Marys Street (State Highway 144) at Commerce Street, on the right when traveling west on St. Marys Street. |
| | Jim Kelley, a slave, organized this church in 1860. His owner allowed the use of this plot of this plot of ground on which to build a church. On May 15, 1873, Mr. and Mrs. William B. Street deeded the property to the trustees of the church. New Hope . . . — — Map (db m89777) HM |
| On Sardis Road (County Road 61) at Puddin Drive, on the right when traveling west on Sardis Road. |
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Conway County in the Civil War
Conway County men served in both the Union and Confederate armies in the Civil War. Co. I, 1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles, Co. B, Carroll’s Cavalry, Co. I, 36th Arkansas Infantry, . . . — — Map (db m96451) HM |
| Near North 3rd Street 0.1 miles from Knox Street, on the right when traveling south. |
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There is no doubt that other structures,
demolished at some point in the family's history,
stood on the Drennen-Scott property.
Like many wealthy 19th-century households, this one had privies, a well, smokehouse, carriage house, . . . — — Map (db m120515) HM |
| On Court Street west of Cypress Drive, on the right when traveling south. |
| | The Health Department, dedicated May 4, 1938, was built with funds by the Federal Works Progress Administration (WPA). When additional space was needed, the Crittenden County Negro Business Men's League, led by George Walker, Jr. and John Gammon, . . . — — Map (db m116780) HM |
| On Malvern Avenue just north of Gulpha Street, on the left when traveling south. Reported missing. |
| | Built in 1923 as the Woodmen of the Union Building, this hotel, bathhouse, and performance venue quickly became the center of African American culture in Hots Springs. It housed virtually every great Negro League player and entertainer who visited . . . — — Map (db m145649) HM |
| Near Arkansas Route 46 2 miles south of Arkansas Route 291, on the right when traveling south. |
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General Samuel Rice
Samuel A. Rice, then Iowa’s attorney general, organized the 33rd Iowa Infantry Regiment in the summer of 1862 and was named its colonel. Stationed in Helena, Rice played a prominent role in the July 4, 1863 battle there . . . — — Map (db m121203) HM |
| On Arkansas Route 46 at County Road 6, on the right when traveling south on State Route 46. |
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Officers Killed
Gen. J.G. Walker’s Texas Division made the final Confederate attack in the April 30, 1864, battle of Jenkins’ Ferry. Its three brigades, led by Gen. William Read Scurry, Gen. Thomas N. Waul and Col. Horace Randal, charged . . . — — Map (db m121207) HM |
| On Arkansas Route 46 at Arkansas Route 291, on the right when traveling south on State Route 46. |
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Refugee Children
Many African Americans fleeing slavery were with Gen. Frederick Steele’s Union army as it retreated to Little Rock. As army wagons became stuck in the thick mud, so too did wagons with refugee children. Some were . . . — — Map (db m121183) HM |
| On Pavilion Road east of Martin Luther King Boulevard (Business U.S. 270), on the left when traveling east. |
| | Gen. Frederick Steele led a Union army from Little Rock on March 23, 1864, to join an invasion of Texas. Confederate skirmishers harassed the army as it reached Rockport March 27. An inflatable pontoon bridge, in 34 wagons and served by men of the . . . — — Map (db m121148) HM |
| On University Drive (U.S. 79) 0.2 miles south of Watson Boulevard, on the right when traveling south. |
| | In 1875, Joseph Corbin the son of former slaves, became the founder and principal of Branch Normal College (now UAPB) where he served until 1902. A profound mathematician, outstanding musician, linguist, and holder of bachelor and masters degrees . . . — — Map (db m70701) HM |
| Near McKamie Road (Arkansas Route 53) 0.3 miles south of Magnolia Street, on the right when traveling south. Reported missing. |
| | Three African American men represented Lafayette County in the state legislature after the Civil War. Monroe Hawkins, born a slave in North Carolina around 1832, was a minister and laborer. He was a delegate in the 1868 Constitutional Convention and . . . — — Map (db m121211) HM |
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