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The school was named after the only-ever president of the Confederate States of America, Jefferson Davis, in the 1960s, a century after the Confederacy collapsed. [2]In 2020, the school district's board of education voted to change the school's name from Jefferson Davis High School, [3] a decision that was affirmed in 2022 despite two years of opposition from local pro-Confederacy groups.
Rebecca D. Jackson (August 18, 1955 – October 11, 2022) was an American medical researcher, medical practitioner and professor of endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism. Her research was significant in the understanding and treatment of osteoporosis. [ 1 ]
In January 1953, the Montgomery Board of Education purchased 12 acres (49,000 m 2) of property on Ann Street for $74,000 for a new high school.The new school would alleviate overcrowding at Sidney Lanier High School and accommodate children coming to Montgomery due to Maxwell and Gunter Air Force Bases. [5]
In 1936, the University of Alabama Extension Center was opened in Birmingham. [4] In 1943, Governor Chauncey Sparks created the four-year Medical College of Alabama with the passage of the Jones Bill (Alabama Act 89). In 1944, Roy R. Kracke was named dean of the Medical College of Alabama and began assembling teaching staff. [citation needed]
St. Jude Educational Institute was a private, Roman Catholic high school in Montgomery, Alabama, United States. It was located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mobile, and was built as part of the City of St. Jude by Father Harold Purcell for the advancement of the Negro people. [3] St. Jude was opened in 1946.
The Jefferson Franklin Jackson House, commonly known as the Jackson-Community House, is a historic Italianate-style house in Montgomery, Alabama. It was added to the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage on July 21, 1978, and to the National Register of Historic Places on May 17, 1984. [1] [2]
Kamel Mohammed Saleh Ajlouni, [1] M.D. (Arabic: كامل عجلوني, born 1943 in Sariyyeh, [2] Jordan) is a physician in the field of endocrinology. [3] He earned a doctor of medicine degree from the Heidelberg University School of Medicine in 1967. [4]
Montgomery Improvement Association president, Montgomery bus boycott co-organizer [27] Claudette Colvin: Pioneer of the civil rights movement [28] Morris Dees: Southern Poverty Law Center founder [29] Mahala Ashley Dickerson: First black female attorney in Alabama [30] Fred Gray: Attorney, founding member of the Montgomery Improvement ...