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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PTB_birth-of-montgomery-bus-boycott_Montgomery-AL.html
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On Dec. 1, 1955, at Alabama State College (now Alabama State University) in a basement room in Councill Hall, the Montgomery Bus Boycott was planned and publicized after the arrest that day of Rosa Parks, who refused to give up her seat to…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PT3_black-members-of-the-alabama-legislature-who-served-during-the-reconstruction-period-of-1868-1879_Montgomery-AL.html
1868-1869: Senate: Benjamin F. Royal, Bullock; House: Benjamin Alexander, Greene; James H. Alston, Macon; Samuel Blandon, Lee; John Carraway, Mobile; George Cox, Montgomery; Thomas H. Diggs, Barbour; Joseph Drawn, Dallas; Ovide Gregory, Mobile; Ja…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CR9_folmar-siegelman-house_Montgomery-AL.html
Constructed in the early 1900s, the Folmar - Siegelman house stylistically combines elements of both Victorian and early bungalow design. Its high gables, wide eaves, projected bay window and secluded entry reflect the desire of most Americans at …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CQX_huntingdon-college_Montgomery-AL.html
Coeducational liberal arts college of the United Methodist Church
1854: Founded as Tuskegee Female College1872: Acquired by the Methodist Church, renamed Alabama Conference Female College1909: Moved to this site as Woman's College of Alabama193…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CPZ_remount-depot-keyton-station_Montgomery-AL.html
Side 1Remount Depot
During World War I, in the summer of 1917 the U.S. Army opened a remount depot here to buy horses and mules for Camp Sheridan's 27,000-man 37th Division from Ohio. Despite the introduction of motor transport to war, an infan…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CPY_historic-site-of-st-james-holt-crossing-baptist-church_Montgomery-AL.html
On this site, the St. James Baptist Church #2, also known as St. James Holt Crossing Baptist Church, stood as the oldest Baptist church founded by African Americans in the City of Montgomery. Organized in 1875, the Church occupied two buildings on…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CNX_forest-avenues-medical-facilities-oak-park-montgomerys-first-public-park_Montgomery-AL.html
Side AForest Avenue's Medical Facilities
With the growth of the Highland Park suburb in the 1890s, a medical community developed along Forest Avenue. In 1895, Dr. Isaac Watkins opened Highland Park Sanatorium in three frame houses in the 500 bl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CN2_home-of-ralph-david-abernathy_Montgomery-AL.html
This was the home of Dr. Ralph David Abernathy, a central leader of the historic events of the Civil Rights Movement.
Dr. Abernathy graduated from Alabama State University in 1950 and from Atlanta University in 1951. He and his family lived her…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CMY_birthplace-of-nat-king-cole_Montgomery-AL.html
Nat King Cole was a jazz pianist, composer, and singer celebrated as an American popular music artist in the 1940s and 1950s.
He was born March 17, 1919 in Montgomery, Alabama as one of five children to Edward James Coles, a minister at Beulah…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B6V_first-united-methodist-church_Montgomery-AL.html
First United Methodist Church, organized September 15, 1829, is the oldest organized church in the city of Montgomery. Located on Court Street downtown for nearly 100 years, the congregation purchased for $20,000 this site in Cloverdale Park in Ju…