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Dora Franklin Finley African-American Heritage Trail Flanagan Sheila John Sledge Sledge John ment Commission/African American Heritage Trail. Heritage American Commission/African ment - Develop Historic Mobile the from permission prior without anyway in duced Marcia Robinson Robinson Marcia Finley Dora - repro or stored copied, be may brochure this of part No reserved. rights All Dr. Kern Jackson Jackson Kern Dr. Brown Chandra Sandra Franks Franks Sandra Bemis Devereaux www.mobilehd.org/aaht African-American Heritage Trail Committee Committee Trail Heritage African-American 251-208-7281 Mobile, AL 36633-1827 AL Mobile, P.O. Box 1827 Box P.O. The University of South Alabama Archives Alabama South of University The Mobile Historic Development Commission Development Historic Mobile Archival Photographs courtesy of: courtesy Photographs Archival Contact information: Contact Kimberly-Clark Corporation Corporation Kimberly-Clark Southern Poverty Law Center Center Law Poverty Southern Mobile County School Board School County Mobile for the School Bus Tour Curriculum. Tour Bus School the for The University of South Alabama Alabama South of University The of the Instructional Design Department, Department, Design Instructional the of Dr. Joe’l Lewis Lewis Joe’l Dr. for Africatown Archaeological Projects. Archaeological Africatown for The College of William & Mary Mary & William of College The of the Department of Anthropology, of Department the of Dr. Neil L. Norman Norman L. Neil Dr. Special Recognitions: Special County Commissioner Merceria Ludgood Merceria Commissioner County Historic Tours funded by: funded Tours Historic County Commissioner, Merceria Ludgood Merceria Commissioner, County Councilman Fredrick Richardson, Jr., District 1 District Jr., Richardson, Fredrick Councilman Councilman William Carroll, District 2 District Carroll, William Councilman Hon. Samuel L. Jones, Mayor Jones, L. Samuel Hon. by: Funded Markers Historic City Councilman William Carroll, District 2 District Carroll, William Councilman City Organizer- Trail Heritage African-American Our Sincerest Thanks to: Thanks Sincerest Our and virtually unexplored multicultural legacy. legacy. multicultural unexplored virtually and can Heritage Trail in discovery of Mobile’s unique unique Mobile’s of discovery in Trail Heritage can - African-Ameri an create to committee steering T he City and County of Mobile have authorized a a authorized have Mobile of County and City he African-American Heritage trail History comes alive on the African-American Heri- tage Trail! Tours highlight Mobile’s culturally diverse AFRICAN-AMERICAN HERITAGE TRAIL heritage by linking historic contributions and events HISTORIC SITES with significant locations. Forgotten chapters of his- tory are remembered through the stories of courage and contributions from Mobile’s ethnically diverse Hank Aaron’s Playground and Park John LeFlore’s Office past. Africatown A.N. Johnson Publishing The African-American Heritage Trail’s primary objec- tive is to share Mobile’s multicultural legacy through Basilica of the Immaculate Conception Johnson and Allen Mortuary the following stories: • The early Creoles de Color Bettie Hunter House Michael Donald Avenue • African survivors from the Clotilda, the last slave ship to enter the US in 1860 Big Zion A.M.E Zion Church Mobile County Training School • Newly freed blacks who worshipped and built some of the oldest churches in Alabama Broad Street Academy/Caldwell School Most Pure Heart of Mary • African-Americans who settled in an area named Catholic Church ironically for Jefferson Davis - Davis Avenue, and C. First Johnson House later renamed Dr. Martin Luther King Avenue National African-American Heritage • The Civil Rights advocates integral to the desegre- Campground Neighborhood gation of the city’s schools, private sector work- Archives and Museum force, and public offices. Central/Dunbar High School Dave Patton House Through the African American Heritage Trail experi- Christian Benevolent Funeral Home ence, participants will develop a taste for the rich Leroy “Satchel” Paige Home Site gumbo of history as revealed by Mobile’s past. Church of the Good Shepherd YOU CAN’T KNOW WHERE YOU’RE GOING Africatown/Plateau Graveyard UNTIL YOU KNOW WHERE YOU’VE BEEN. C. H. Council School GET READY FOR THE RIDE BACK IN TIME. Saint Martin de Porres Hospital Cook’s House, Oakleigh Several versions of tours are available: Slave Market 1) Step on Bus Tours - Groups may charter a pri- Vernon Z. Crawford Law Firm ST. Louis Street Missionary vate tour. A guide will board your bus and will nar- rate the tour with a map for your driver. Cost- $7 Creole Firehouse #1 Baptist Church per person. Book today at (251)208-7281 2) Self Driving Tours - Detailed maps and narration Emanuel A.M.E. Church State Street A.M.E. Zion Church are accessible from AAHT website, www.mobilehd.org/aaht for self-guided tours. Emerson Institute Stone Street Baptist Church 3) School Bus Tours - Bus Tours are designed for 4th grade classes. Review website at Chain of Finley’s Drug Stores Wallace Turnage www.mobilehd.org/aaht for booking instructions. School Bus Tours available after 1/1/11. Fort Condé Union Baptist Church 4) Downtown Walking Tours – Meet in Cathedral Square at the corner of Claiborne and Dauphin James Reese Europe Home Site Unity Point Streets on the third Wednesday of each month at noon. Walking Tour is automatically canceled by Dr. James A. Franklin House DR. H. Roger Williams Drug Store rain. Reservations required, (251)208-7281. Cost- $6 adults and $4 students Dr. Thomas Nathaniel Harris Listen to their struggle, feel their determination Recognize their courage Courtsey of 1 The University of South Alabama Archives. 3 A.N. Johnson - Successful entrepreneur and community advo- celebrate their accomplishments! Basilica of the Immaculate Conception - Records of the parish cate at the turn of the century. He owned People’s Drug Store, date back to 1704 and record the births, baptisms, marriages Johnson Mortuary, and published the “Mobile Weekly Press”. and deaths of Mobile’s diverse people. Courtesy of The University of South Alabama Archives. Courtesy of 4 6 7 8 Historical Society of the Town of Photo used by permission from Greenwich, Conn. 10 the Pearl Madison family. 13 Bettie Hunter House - Built in 1878 and listed in the National Caldwell/ Broad Street Academy - Broad Street Academy was the Home of Christopher First Johnson - Founded The Union Mutual Wallace Turnage - was a self emancipated slave who escaped Christian Benevolent Funeral Home - First Alabama mortuary Creole Fire Station #1 - The first volunteer fire company in Ala- Register of Historic Places. In 1876 Hunter operated a profitable first public high school in Mobile for African-Americans. Founded Aid Association - Mobile’s first black life insurance company. By during the Battle of Mobile Bay. His personal narrative was pub- owned by an African- American woman, Mrs. Pearl Johnson bama. Founded in 1819 by members of Mobile’s Creole com- carriage business in downtown Mobile. in 1887. William A. Caldwell was its first principal. 1920 Johnson had written over $9 million of insurance. He was lished in the book “A Slave No More” written by Dr. David Blight. Madison. munity. the ninth pastor of St.Louis Street Baptist Church. Courtsey of The University of South Alabama Archives. Photo courtesy of the Franklin/Finley Family 14 15 16 17 20 Photos used by permission of the Finley Family. 21 Dave Patton - Early black entrepreneur- constructed the founda- Dr. T.N. Harris -The first licensed African-American physician in Home of Dr. J. A. Franklin - (1886-1972) Served the communi- Dunbar/Central High School - Produced a culturally diverse cur- Chain of Finley’s Drug Stores - First chain of black owned drug Fort Conde - Built by African and Native American slaves. Five tion of the Saenger Theater, Murphy High School and many Mobile. He established Mobile’s first medical facility for blacks in ty’s medical needs for fifty-three years and opened his home to riculum that exposed students and the African-American com- stores in Alabama. James Finley was also vice-president of the free black masons also contributed to the construction of the roads in early twentieth century Mobile. 1905. famous black celebrities during the Jim Crow era. munity to the arts during the Jim Crow era. Neighborhood Organized Workers and a civil rights advocate dur- brick fort built in 1711. ing the sixties. Courtesy of The University of South Alabama Archives Leroy “Satchel” Paige Photo courtesy of the Baseball started his career in 1924 Hall of Fame. when he tried out for the Mobile Tigers semi pro baseball team. Courtesy of Courtesy of The University of South Alabama The University of South Alabama Gracious permission given by 22 23 24 Archives 25 Archives. 26 27 the family of Michael Donald. Henry “Hammerin Hank” Aaron - Baseball Hall of Famer best James Reese Europe - He was born in Mobile in 1881. He orga- John LeFlore Non Partisan Voter’s League Office - instrumental Johnson and Allen Mortuary - Alabama’s oldest black mortuary. Leroy Robert “Satchel” Paige Home Site - At fifty-nine, he became Michael Donald Avenue - Location of the place where the last known for setting the record of the most home runs in a careernized The Clef Club Orchestra, the first band to play proto-jazz at in desegregating schools, rail cars, postal service, and the police Clarence Allen and Edgar Harney purchased the funeral home in the oldest player in the major leagues and arguably the best black man was lynched in Mobile. (755). Hank Aaron was born in 1934 in Mobile, Alabama. Carnegie Hall in 1912. force in Mobile. 1904 from A.N. Johnson. The Allen family has continuously oper- baseball pitcher in history. ated the facility since that time. Courtesy of The University of South Alabama 29 30 31 32 Archives. 33 Photos courtesy Archdiocese of Mobile 34 Most Pure Heart of Mary Church - First African-American Catholic National African American Archives - designed as a miniature Plateau Graveyard - Final resting place of the Clotilda survivors in Dr.
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