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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CR7_rosa-parks-branch-library-bertha-pleasant-williams_Montgomery-AL.html
Side 1Rosa Parks Branch Library
Second public library for blacks in City of Montgomery, this building opened in 1960 as Montgomery Branch Library on Cleveland Avenue. Designed by architect James Miller Davis, it served the black population at a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CR5_cleveland-court-apartments_Montgomery-AL.html
On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks left work and boarded a downtown bus. Her destination was home, Cleveland Court Apartment No. 634. She didn't make it home that day as she was arrested for refusing to surrender her seat to a white man. This single …
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…
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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…
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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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CJA_holt-street-baptist-church_Montgomery-AL.html
Congregation founded by former members of Bethel Baptist Church in 1909. Under leadership of Rev. I.S. Fountain, group met for four years in Labor's Hall, corner of Cobb and Mobile Streets, before purchasing this site and constructing church in 19…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CJ8_sherman-w-white-jr_Montgomery-AL.html
Side 1:Sherman, Sr. and Nettie White lived at this address on W. Jeff Davis Ave. Both teachers, they taught their children Sherman Jr., Willa, James, and Samson to love their country and value education. Willa, James, and Samson would graduate fro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CJ6_loveless-school-henry-allen-loveless_Montgomery-AL.html
(side 1)Loveless SchoolMontgomery's first junior and senior high schools for African American students began in Loveless School. Built in 1923 and enlarged in 1930, this building first housed seven grades; the opening of Carver Elementary School a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CJ5_day-street-baptist-church_Montgomery-AL.html
Organized from Bethel Baptist Church, congregation founded 1882 with Rev. George Casby as first minister. Originally met in frame building; fund-raising began for this edifice in 1906. Designed by Wallace Rayfield, Tuskegee Institute architect and…