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"YOU CAN!•T• KNO\A(WHERE YOU1 R"i'GOING UNTIL vo·u KNOW "'[HERE YOU�VE BEEN." History comes alive on tfie Dora Franklin Finle? Mrican- ·· · American H�ritage T(ail (DFfAAH.T) ! 'qur toy rs, enlighten w,.--.-,,.,, Mobile's cultura-i'ly diverse;. herLtage by linJiing historic , . \0 . ( ..... i:I ii :i: ... ::i = .. "' contribution:s anq, events with •. sig'nificant-_·locations. � � ::f Ii' !t I"' ; n � Forgotten chapters'of history are remembere.d through 0 ::r � )>.. � · r i the stories-of· courage •and contributions.fro� Mo.bile's !" !!. � l f 0 � f ·n 0 a r �thni,cally 'diver.se.past. · ;J il � ,. f f � ' a: ·[ I f i' a r� � I f f T-he,Dpra FraJJ��n Fil"lley African-AmeFi�a,n Heritage Trail's Hank Aaro.n's Playground an<:I Park Dr; Thomas Natha.rlie1 Harris C . f � f prirn'ary objective is to s'tlare Mobile's multicultural legacy . ' 1[ , , Africatowr1 : A.N. J_ohn��n P�blishing f through the following stories; , . · ,:- I i I . • Th� early Creoles de Colo,r; 1 � r • • ' · . Ba�ili�a of the Immaculate· Conception Johnspn �11�. Al'len MQrt ary • \� � • African survivors from the Clotilda, the last sfave ship.to· 1 • Bettie Hunter-Hou_se . John LeFfote's,Office enter the US in 1860; . ,, . , .,� � \ • Newly freed Blacks who' w�rshiped and buil.t some of the ' . �.. Big Zion A'.M .E Church . Mob!l�'County lraining·school oldes� churches in ; .' . • I'< I " · - Broad S.freetAcademy/Caldwe 11 'scticfol•1 - ,•:' . Most eure· Heart of Mary . ' • . • African-;t\mericans who settl-ed in an area with a stree.t�. - .• ,� � -. . -. -,:,. • - ··- -·� '"' -�· •• c :.- - ri,amedironically for J�fferson Davis (.Davi� Avenue): . , C. First Johnson l;-louse cij_tnolic Church later rehamed Dr. Martin Luther King Aven'ue; ' I ' 'campgrourid N·eighborhood NationalAfrican-� ""!erican Heritage • T;he.'Civil Rights advocates integral to the desegregation , 1 , ' Archives and Museum of the city's schools, private-secto'r workforce and public · CentralLD°LaribarHigh SchoQI 11 offices; , , . , . -Leroy �'S�tchel Paige Home Site'. ... Christian B�hevolent.Funeral Home • f , .... Through the Dora Franklin Finley AfricaJ7-Americal'l · 1 Heritage Trail experience, participants will .devel�p a tast,e 'Church'ot.the Good Shepherd · '- /Plateau Graveyard for the �ich gumbo of history as revealed by Mobile's past., C. t-t': Council School I' Num Name ,Book your tour today at (251) 725-2236 · Saint Martinde Porres Hospital. Cook1s House. Site, Oakleigh 2 AfricaTown J or email effinl�[email protected]. Slave Market 28 MobileCounty Training School 1 Hour, 2 Hour and Walking Tours Vernon z._Crawfor

1 Courtsey of 3 The University of South Alabama Archives. A.N. Johnson - Successful entrepreneur and community advo- Basilica of the Immaculate Conception - Records of the parish cate at the turn of the century. He owned People’s Drug Store, celebrate their accomplishments! 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 Photo used by permission from 4 7 Historical Society of the Town of 6 8 10 the Pearl Madison family. 13 Greenwich, Conn. - Built in 1878 and listed on the National Caldwell/ Broad Street Academy - Broad Street Academy was Home of Christopher First Johnson - Founded The Union Mutual Wallace Turnage - A self-emancipated slave who escaped during 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 the first public high school in Mobile for African-Americans. Aid Association - Mobile’s first black life insurance company. By the Battle of Mobile Bay. His personal narrative was published in 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. Founded in 1887. William A. Caldwell was its first principal. 1920 Johnson had written over $9 million of insurance. He was the book “A Slave No More” written by Dr. David Blight. Madison. munity. the ninth pastor of St. Louis Street Baptist Church.

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14 15 16 17 20 Photos used by permission of the Finley Family. 21

Dave Patton - Early black entrepreneur- constructed the foun- 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 drug stores in Fort Conde - Built by African and Native American slaves. Five dation of the Saenger Theater, Murphy High School and many 1900 and he founded 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- the state. James Finley was also Vice-President of the Neighbor- free black masons also contributed to the construction of the roads in Mobile’s early twentieth century. 1905. famous black celebrities during Jim Crow Era. munity to the arts during Jim Crow era. hood Organized Workers and Civil Right’s Advocate during the brick fort built in 1711. Sixties.

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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 Gracious permission given by The University of South Alabama The University of South Alabama the family of Michael Donald. 22 23 24 Archives 25 Archives. 26 27 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 most home runs in a career nized 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 America. (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 Dr. H. Roger Williams Drug Stores - First black owned Drug Store Saint Martin De Porres Hospital - The first hospital established Slave Market - John Ragland’s Slave Mart where Africans were Church in the City of Mobile. Supported the Civil Rights Move- replica of the Mobile Public Library and only option for black in Africa Town. Obelisk marking Cudjo Lewis’ grave was in Mobile- Live and Let Live. Opened in 1901. Williams was a for African-Americans in Mobile. Provided black physicians with sold as chattel to southern planters through public auction in ment during the 60’s . Mobilians during Jim Crow era. donated by the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. published writer, poet , and orator. surgical facilities when its building was completed in 1950. Mobile during the nineteenth century.

Courtesy of Courtesy of The University of South Alabama The University of South Alabama 35 36 37 38 Archives. 39 Archives. 40 St. Louis Missionary Baptist Church - Organized in 1853. In 1874, State Street AME Zion Church - founded in 1820 and listed on Stone Street Baptist Church - Alabama‘s oldest African-American Union Baptist Church - African survivors of the Clotilda organized Vernon Crawford, Esq. - Established the first African-American Unity Point - Two leaders Joseph Langan and John L. LeFlore the resolution to establish Selma University was adopted at the the National Register. An historic court battle in 1872 declared Baptist Congregation founded in 1806 by slaves freed by their Union Baptist Church in 1869 in Africatown. Cudjo Lewis, was Law Firm in Mobile. Successfully argued “Birdie Mae Davis” case knew the secret long ago: “It’s our ability to put aside our dif- Alabama Baptist Convention held at this church. the African-American Congregation the legal owners. master. the last survivor of the Clotilda. He died in 1935. and landmark “Bolden vs. City of Mobile”. ferences and unite around common goals”. Statue sculpted by Casey Downing.