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Frederic Bancroft described the nature of the Montgomery slave market in his 1931 history Slave-Trading in the Old South: . Montgomery, the capital of Alabama and a good shipping-point, attracted politicians, planters and much general business, although in 1860 its total population was less than 9,000, of whom more than half were slaves and 102 were free colored.
Dr. Toussaint T. Tildon was a psychiatrist, Harvard Medical School graduate and one of the first six African-American doctors recruited to the new hospital. He worked at the center for 34 years, for the last 12 serving as director, from 1946 to 1958.
Thomas McAdory Owen (November 19, 1866 – March 25, 1920) was an American lawyer, archivist, historian, and founder of the Alabama Department of Archives and History, serving as its first director. Owen was the author of a large and noted four-volume work, History of Alabama and dictionary of Alabama biography , and numerous other historical ...
Ross-Clayton Funeral Home was the largest Black funeral chapel in the city and has a long history of community service, particularly during the civil rights movement. [12] [13] The funeral home supported the movement by providing transportation for black voters and participating in the Montgomery bus boycott, [14] [15] conduct class for colored wardens, with E. P. Wallace, serving as the ...
The majority of buildings within the historic district date from this mid-20th century period, 1916 through 1945. The name of the university changed several more times over the next few decades: to Alabama State College for Negroes in 1948, Alabama State College in 1954, and in 1969, assumed the current title of Alabama State University. [5]
“I see these 40-somethings or 50-somethings play pick-up basketball, and they haven’t stretched, they’re not warmed up, then pop — they feel their Achilles rupture,” Dr. Samir Mehta ...
[2] [3] In 1978 the official name was changed to the Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church, in memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who was pastor there and helped organize the Montgomery bus boycott in 1955 during the civil rights era. The church is located steps away from the Alabama State Capitol.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be Secretary of Health and Human Services, meets with Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) office in the Senate Office Building on December ...