Dr. Regina Benjamin
US Surgeon General |
General J. Gary Cooper
US Marines (Ret.) |
Tina Allen
Sculptor/Painter |
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Samuel L. Jones
Mobile’s first African-American mayor |
John L. LeFlore
Community leader |
Alexis Herman
U.S. Secretary of Labor |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Bishop State Community College
Founded in 1927 |
Charles “Cootie” Williams
Jazz, jump blues,
and R & B trumpeter |
Spring Hill College
Integrated in the 1950s |
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Antonio Lang
Basketball player/coach |
Ozzie Smith
St. Louis Cardinals |
1964
Mobile County Public School System desegregated |
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Billy Williams
Chicago Cubs |
Mobile City Hospital
“Colored” hospital |
Willie McCovey
San Francisco Giants |
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Suggestions and feedback enouraged! |
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