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Elmwood Cemetery (also known as Elm Leaf Cemetery) is a 326 acres (132 ha) cemetery established in 1900 (as Elm Leaf Cemetery) in Birmingham, Alabama northwest of Homewood by a group of fraternal organizations. It was renamed in 1906 and gradually eclipsed Oak Hill Cemetery as the most prominent burial place in the city.
Louise Wooster. / 33.52556°N 86.81667°W / 33.52556; -86.81667. Louise Catharine Wooster (June 12, 1842 – May 16, 1913), [1] better known as Lou Wooster, was a famous madam in Birmingham, Alabama. [2] Her colorful character and her care for the sick and dying during the cholera epidemic of 1873 endeared her to the Birmingham ...
Eyes on the Prize (1987) Freedom Riders (2010) Freddie Lee Shuttlesworth (born Freddie Lee Robinson, March 18, 1922 – October 5, 2011) was an American civil rights activist who led the fight against segregation and other forms of racism as a minister in Birmingham, Alabama. He was a co-founder of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference ...
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Abbeville, Alabama, U.S. Occupation. Sharecropper [1] Recy Taylor (née Corbitt; December 31, 1919 – December 28, 2017) [2] : 297 was an African-American woman from Abbeville in Henry County, Alabama. She was born and raised in a sharecropping family in the Jim Crow era Southern United States. In the 1940s, Taylor's refusal to remain silent ...
May 23, 2024 at 10:07 AM. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (AP) — The family of an American caught up in a failed coup attempt in Congo said their son, Tyler Thompson, was in Africa on vacation with family ...