The Rosenwald Fund The Tankersley Rosenwald School is a one-story, rural school built for underprivileged African American children. It was built with funding from the Rosenwald Fund, established in...
The Rosenwald Fund The Tankersley Rosenwald School is a one-story, rural school built for underprivileged African American children. It was built with funding from the Rosenwald Fund, established in...
Thomaston Colored Institute The Thomaston Colored Institute, also known as the Thomaston Academy, is a historic African American school building in the town of Thomaston, Alabama. The land the school...
Colored Masonry in Alabama Colored Masonry in Alabama came into existence approximately 1867, two years after the end of the American Civil War. By 1869, there were between eight and ten properly and...
William Burns Paterson William Burns Paterson is known for being an educational provider and one of the founders of Alabama State University. Born on February 9, 1850, in Scotland, he made his way to...
According to the few records that do exist, Ward’s Funeral Home was built in 1870, located on Avenue A in Opelika, and eventually became home to African American physician Dr. Eugene Anthony...
Rosa Parks with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in the background, 1955 Rosa Parks was born Rosa Louise McCauley on February 4, 1913, in Tuskegee to Leona, a school teacher, and James McCauley, a skilled...
Undated photograph of the Chilton County Training School. Alabama Register of Landmarks and History. Built in 1924, the Chilton County Training School for African Americans was completed due to the...
Ensley High School Ensley High School was founded in 1901 to serve the Ensley neighborhood of Birmingham, which was centered around major plants operated by U.S. Steel and the American Cast Iron Pipe...
Dr. Thomas Boulware, ‘The Old Stork’ The Slossfield Community Center is a complex built in the 1930s by the American Pipe Company as an extension of its health program for workers and...
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