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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CN8_centennial-hill_Montgomery-AL.html
This neighborhood evolved around historic First Congregational Church established through the American Missionary Association (AMA) October 6, 1872, by Pastor George Whitfield Andrews. In 1867 the AMA and the Freedmen's Bureau, headed by General W…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CN6_the-jackson-community-house-the-montgomery-city-federation-of-womens-clubs_Montgomery-AL.html
(side 1)The Jackson-Community House
In 1853, Jefferson Franklin Jackson, a native Alabamian and U.S. Attorney for the Alabama Middle District, built this two-story clapboard home originally with a dogtrot pattern. A Whig Party member, by 1862, …
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/HM1CMX_montgomerys-slave-depots-montgomerys-slave-traders_Montgomery-AL.html
(side 1)Montgomery's Slave Depots
Montgomery slave traders operated depots where enslaved men, women, and children were confined. The slave depots functioned as active trading sites and as detention facilities where the enslaved were held capti…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CMW_house-of-the-mayors_Montgomery-AL.html
Built in the 1850's for Jack Thorington, mayor of Montgomery from 1838-39, this House has also been the home of Mordecai Moses, mayor in the late 1870's, and Joseph Norwood who had been mayor of Fort Deposit before coming to Montgomery. Moses owne…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CJF_city-of-st-jude-the-selma-to-montgomery-march_Montgomery-AL.html
(side 1)City of St. JudeFounded by Father Harold Purcell in the 1930s, the City of St. Jude included church, school, medical facilities, social center and rectory. Its mission was to provide spiritual, educational, social and health services for M…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CJD_bethel-missionary-baptist-church_Montgomery-AL.html
Organized in 1967 as the Second Colored Baptist Church, congregation later changed named to Bethel Missionary Baptist. First building burned in 1908. Rev. E.W. Pickett then conducted services in "Love and Charity Hall" until second structure built…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CJC_lilly-baptist-church_Montgomery-AL.html
Lilly Baptist Church, established November, 1900 as a missionary church of Bethel Missionary Baptist. Originally located on St. Clair Street in a small frame building. Moved May 27, 1973, into new 1500-seat sanctuary at present location. Education…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CJB_percy-lavon-julian_Montgomery-AL.html
Born on the west side of Holt Street, April 11, 1899, Percy Lavon Julian entered Depauw University in 1916; graduated in chemistry with Phi Beta Kappa honors. Earned master's from Harvard, Ph.D. at the University of Vienna. His studies led to a sy…