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 |
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| National African American Archives and Multicultural Museum 564 Dr. MLK, Jr. Avenue |
Lil Greenwood
Sang with Duke Ellington |
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 |
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| Bishop State Community College
Founded in 1927 |
Charles “Cootie” Williams
Jazz, jump blues, |
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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