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This list of cemeteries in Alabama includes currently operating, historical (closed for new interments), and defunct (graves abandoned or removed) cemeteries, columbaria, and mausolea which are historical and/or notable.
One of the best-known historically black colleges and universities in the United States, Tuskegee was founded by Booker T. Washington in 1881. It began with a curriculum designed to provide industrial and vocational education to African Americans and featured such acclaimed educators as George Washington Carver . [ 5 ]
Pages in category "National Register of Historic Places in Macon County, Alabama" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The district is roughly centered on the Macon County Courthouse and Tuskegee Square. The square was the location of the first three county courthouses. The current courthouse is listed on the National Register of Historic Places on its own, and as a contributing feature to the historic district.
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Tuskegee (/ t ʌ ˈ s k iː ɡ i / tuh-SKEE-ghee [8]) is a city in Macon County, Alabama, United States. General Thomas Simpson Woodward, a Creek War veteran under Andrew Jackson, laid out the city and founded it in 1833. It became the county seat in the same year and it was incorporated on February 13, 1843. [9]
A teenager was killed and 16 other people injured when gunfire broke out at Tuskegee University’s homecoming early Sunday — with videos capturing the sound of bullets flying on the Alabama campus.
Greenwood Cemetery is a city cemetery established in c. 1820 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, U.S.. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is the oldest cemetery in the city and is located near the First African Baptist Church . It has a historical marker erected in 1996 by City of Tuscaloosa, the Heritage Commission of Tuscaloosa County, and Cahaba Trace Commission. [ 4 ]