Mobile in Mobile County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)

Vernon Z. Crawford Law Firm

Photographed by Mark Hilton, December 10, 2017

1. Vernon Z. Crawford Law Firm Marker

Inscription. Vernon Crawford established the first African-American law firm in Mobile. He successfully argued the Birdie Mae Davis case that desegregated Mobile schools. He stood before the Supreme Court and won the landmark case of Bolden vs. the City of Mobile which changed the city's structure to the current mayor-council form. Crawford was a legal champion who brought justice to Black Mobile.

Erected 2017 by Dora Franklin Finley African-American Heritage Trail. (Marker Number 39.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Civil Rights • Education • Government & Politics. In addition, it is included in the Dora Franklin Finley African-American Heritage Trail of Mobile series list.

Location. 30° 42.073′ N, 88° 4.144′ W. Marker is in Mobile, Alabama, in Mobile County. It is at the intersection of Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue and Patton Avenue, on the right when traveling east on Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1407 Martin Luther King Jr Avenue, Mobile

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AL 36603, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Alabama’s Gulf Coast

and in Mobile Bay.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and on the Gulf Coast.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the Viceroyalty of New France,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Christopher First Johnson House (approx. 0.2 miles away); Dunbar/Central High School (approx. 0.2 miles away); Dave Patton (approx. 0.4 miles away); Dr. James A. Franklin (approx. 0.4 miles away); Catholic Cemetery (approx. 0.6 miles away); Michael Donald (approx. 0.8 miles away); Caldwell Field (approx. 0.9 miles away); Oaklawn Cemetery (approx. 0.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Mobile.

Regarding Vernon Z. Crawford Law Firm. Vernon Zioncheck Crawford helped

Vernon Z. Crawford Law Firm building. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, December 10, 2017

2. Vernon Z. Crawford Law Firm building.

other African American Attorneys to become great lawyers and leaders in the community like A.J. Cooper, who served as the first African American mayor of Prichard; Michael Figures, who served in the Alabama State Senate and Cain Kennedy, a Mobile County circuit judge.

Also see . . . The Mobile Wiki on Vernon Crawford. (Submitted on December 11, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.)

View from marker looking west on Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, December 10, 2017

3. View from marker looking west on Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue.

Credits. This page was last revised on November 2, 2019. It was originally submitted on December 11, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 1,704 times since then and 72 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on December 11, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.