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Jeremiah Reeves (1935 – March 28, 1958) was a 22-year-old African American, a former jazz drummer, who was executed by the state of Alabama by electrocution after being convicted of raping a white woman in 1952. At the time of the events, Reeves was 16 years old, working as a grocery delivery boy; at his trial, he denied having had sex with ...
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The Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame (AJHF) is an organization and museum in Birmingham, Alabama, United States.It was founded in 1978, and opened as museum on September 18, 1993, with a mission "to foster, encourage, educate, and cultivate a general appreciation of the medium of jazz music as a legitimate, original and distinctive art form indigenous to America.
The name was changed to the Alabama Industrial School for Negro Children in 1947, and to the Alabama Industrial School in 1970. [9] [10] [11] On March 27, 1915, the Hampton Institute Camera Club, known for its illustrations of Paul Laurence Dunbar's poetry, staged a photo sale for the benefit of the Mt. Meigs school. The sale raised funds for ...
May 8, 1973. The Wetumpka State Penitentiary (WSP), originally known as the Alabama State Penitentiary, was the first state prison established in Alabama. [2] Built on the east bank of the Coosa River in Wetumpka, it was nicknamed the "Walls of Alabama" or "Walls". For much of its operation, the prison housed both men and women, kept in ...
Capacity. 1492. Opened. 1982. Managed by. Alabama Department of Corrections. William E. Donaldson Correctional Facility is an Alabama Department of Corrections prison for men located in unincorporated Jefferson County, Alabama, near Bessemer. [1] It came to national prominence after the Casey White prison escape.
James Reese Europe (February 22, 1880 [1] – May 9, 1919) was an American ragtime and early jazz bandleader, arranger, and composer.He was the leading figure on the African-American music scene of New York City in the 1910s.
The Alabama Music Hall of Fame was created by the Alabama state legislature as a state agency in 1980. A 12,500 square foot (1,200 m²) exhibit hall opened in Tuscumbia in 1990. The Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame (AJHoF) is located in Birmingham , housed in the historic Carver Theatre .