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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1X8J_historic-quadrangle-historical_Tuskegee-AL.html
When school is in session, the broad expanse in front of you—the university's main quadrangle—buzzes with activity just as it did in the early 1900s, but life was much more regimented then. Students received demerits if they did not ob…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1X8F_carver-research-foundation-historical_Tuskegee-AL.html
On February 10, 1940 George Washington Carver signed the deed of gift establishing the Carver Foundation with a $33,000 contribution from his personal savings. According to Carver, the foundation was established "for the purpose of combining Resea…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1X8E_site-of-olivia-davidson-hall-historical_Tuskegee-AL.html
Site of
Olivia Davidson Hall
Men's Dormitory
1886 - 1954
Originally Samuel Armstrong Hall 1886 - 1892
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1X8D_porter-hall-1883-huntington-academic-building-1905-historical_Tuskegee-AL.html
Porter Hall
1883
Porter Hall was the first building erected on the Tuskegee campus. The building housed administrative offices, library reading and recitation rooms, chapel, kitchen, dining room, living quarters and laundry. It was named after…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1X8C_the-burnt-place-historical_Tuskegee-AL.html
At the time we occupied the place there were standing upon it a cabin, formerly used as the dining room, an old kitchen, a stable, and an old hen-house. Within a few weeks we had all of these structures in use.
—Booker T. Washington, U…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1X8A_fred-david-gray-historical_Tuskegee-AL.html
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Born in 1930 in Montgomery, Gray was among the foremost civil rights attorneys of the 20th century. Forced by segregation to leave Alabama to attend law school, he vowed to return and "destroy everything segregated I could find." Over a si…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1X88_the-tuskegee-veterans-administration-hospital-historical_Tuskegee-AL.html
The Tuskegee Veterans Administration Hospital (VA), established in 1923, is significant as the first VA hospital in the nation to be administered by an all African American medical staff.
After WWI, African American veterans found it difficult …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1X86_tuskegee-university-historical_Tuskegee-AL.html
This U.S. Air Force F-4C Phantom Jet Fighter was flown by General "Chappie" James, Tuskegee University graduate and first Black Four-Star General in the U.S. Armed Services, on his last combat mission—Operation Bold—over Southeast Asia…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1X83_thrasher-hall-historical_Tuskegee-AL.html
Thrasher Hall, renovated in 1983. Was built in 1893 by teachers and students using brick they made. Only the exterior walls remain from the original building. The bell above rang for class changes. It was located in the building's bell tower until…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1X82_white-hall-historical_Tuskegee-AL.html
Named in honor of Alexander Moss White of Brooklyn, New York, with funds donated by his children. This structure opened fall 1909. The building was officially dedicated in January 1910 was a dormitory for women. A bronze tower with clock was added…