Moments in Black History

Dr. Regina Benjamin

US Surgeon General

General J. Gary Cooper

US Marines (Ret.)

Tina Allen

Sculptor/Painter

Samuel L. Jones

Mobile’s first African-American mayor

John L. LeFlore

Community leader

Alexis Herman

U.S. Secretary of Labor

Hank Aaron

All-time home run leader (755)

Lonnie G. Johnson

Invented Super Soaker water guns

A. N. Johnson

First editor of the
Mobile Weekly Press

   
National African
American Archives
and Multicultural
Museum

564 Dr. MLK, Jr. Avenue

Lil Greenwood

Sang with Duke Ellington
for 16 years

Mobile Area Mardi Gras
Association Inc.

Formerly the Colored Carnival Association

 
Tyree A. Richburg

Mobile’s 1st Black Detective

(Photo courtesy of his family)

James Reese Europe

“Father of the Fox Trot”

Leroy Robert
“Satchel” Paige

First player inducted
in the Baseball Hall of
Fame from the Negro
League

   
Bishop State Community College

Founded in 1927

Charles “Cootie” Williams

Jazz, jump blues,
and R & B trumpeter

Spring Hill College

Integrated in the 1950s

   
Antonio Lang

Basketball player/coach

Ozzie Smith

St. Louis Cardinals

1964

Mobile County Public School System desegregated

     
Billy Williams

Chicago Cubs

Mobile City Hospital

“Colored” hospital

Willie McCovey

San Francisco Giants

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