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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27GI_it-takes-a-village_Mobile-AL.html
(front side) Mobile's Hidden Figures initiative originated from the Mobile United Leadership Mobile's Class of 2017 inaugural Diversity and Inclusion team. The objective is to raise awareness of diverse community members who strive to be their pe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23Q9_stone-street-baptist-church_Mobile-AL.html
Stone Street Baptist Church, Alabama's first baptist church, organized in 1806, thirteen years before Alabama became a state and thirty years after this nation was formed the Stone Street Baptist Church, also called "The African Church", was organ…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23Q2_caldwell-field_Mobile-AL.html
Caldwell Field is named in honor of James Henry Caldwell, celebrated for
 bringing the concept of the manufactured gas business to the City of Mobile.
 On September 20, 1836, Mr. Caldwell entered into a contract with the
 City of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23Q1_vivian-malone-jones_Mobile-AL.html
Side 1 On May 30, 1965, Vivian Malone, became the first African-American to graduate from the University of Alabama. To achieve admission at the all-White university, she was forced to confront then Governor, George C. Wallace, in what has become…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23PT_dunbar-central-high-school_Mobile-AL.html
Dunbar School was built on this site in 1924. Dr. W.A. Caldwell was its first principal. In 1947, the Old Medical College on St. Anthony Street was remodeled and became Central High School. Dr. Benjamin Baker was named principal. In 1955, the scho…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23OU_dr-james-a-franklin_Mobile-AL.html
This was the residence of Dr. Franklin, who served the medical needs of Mobile for fifty-three years. He never turned an indigent patient away. Franklin was the only African-American to graduate from the University of Michigan in 1911. He opened h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23OR_caldwell-school_Mobile-AL.html
Opened in 1887 as Broad Street Academy, this was the site of Mobile's first public high school for African Americans. The building was razed in 1947, and a new elementary school was constructed and named in recognition of William Caldwell, the fir…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23OQ_st-martin-de-porres-hospital_Mobile-AL.html
Established in 1947 by the Catholic Archdiocese of Mobile for the black community because segregation prevented black doctors from admitting patients to the City Hospital. Present building erected in 1950 and named for St. Martin de Porres, who wa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23O6_vernon-z-crawford-law-firm_Mobile-AL.html
Vernon Crawford established the first African-American law firm in Mobile. He successfully argued the Birdie Mae Davis case that desegregated Mobile schools. He stood before the Supreme Court and won the landmark case of Bolden vs. the City of Mob…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23NC_johnson-and-allen-mortuary_Mobile-AL.html
The funeral home was purchased in 1906 by Clarence Allen and Edgar Harney. They buried people of all races. Harney died in 1911, and A.N. Johnson became a partner. Johnson and Allen is the oldest African-American funeral home in Alabama that has b…
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