Marion, Alabama

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Marion
Marion, Alabama
Marion
Marion
Location in Alabama
Basic data
Foundation : 1817
State : United States
State : Alabama
County : Perry County
Coordinates : 32 ° 38 ′  N , 87 ° 19 ′  W Coordinates: 32 ° 38 ′  N , 87 ° 19 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 3,546 (as of: 2013)
Population density : 128 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 27.7 km 2  (approx. 11 mi 2 ) of
which 27.7 km 2  (approx. 11 mi 2 ) are land
Height : 114 m
Postcodes : 36756
Area code : +1 334
FIPS : 01-46768
GNIS ID : 0160038
Website : marionalabama.org
Mayor : Anthony Long
Perry County Alabama Courthouse.jpg
Perry County Courthouse

Marion is a city with the status " City " and the administrative seat ( county seat ) of Perry County in the US state Alabama with 3546 inhabitants (2013).

geography

The city is approximately 70 kilometers southeast of Tuscaloosa , 100 kilometers northwest of Montgomery and 120 kilometers southwest of Birmingham . The Cahaba River touches Marion in the east.

history

The first settlers settled in the area in 1817 and named the place Muckle Ridge . In honor of General Francis Marion , who rendered great service during the Revolutionary War had acquired, he was in Marion renamed. The city made a name for itself by founding universities and schools. So that was Alabama State University founded in 1867, but which has now relocated its headquarters to the capital Montgomery. The Samford University moved its headquarters to Birmingham later. The Judson College and the Marion Military Institute are still located in Marion.

During the time of the civil rights movement, Marion made negative headlines. In 1958, black craftsman Jimmy Wilson was sentenced to death for stealing $ 1.95. Wilson's case sparked international protests and 1,000 letters were received daily to Governor James Folsom . After the Alabama Supreme Court upheld the ruling, Secretary of State John Foster Dulles wrote to Folsom describing the damage the US suffered from the ruling. Because of the damage to his image, Folsom finally pardoned Wilson and commuted the sentence to life imprisonment.

In 1964, the African American Jimmie Lee Jackson was shot dead for no reason by the white Alabama state trooper James Bonard Fowler. Martin Luther King preached at Jackson's funeral Fowler was charged with this crime in 2007. Today the city is also active in tourism and advertises tours to the very fish-rich Cahaba River.

The following are listed buildings and places of historical value on the National Register of Historic Places in Perry County : Chapel and Lovelace Hall at Marion Military Institute , First Congregational Church of Marion , Henry House , Marion Female Seminary , Phillips Memorial Auditorium , President's House at Marion Institute , Siloam Baptist Church , Kenworthy Hall , Reverie , Green Street Historic District , Judson College Historic District , Marion Courthouse Square Historic District, and West Marion Historic District .

  • Green Street Historic District

  • West Marion Historic District

  • Judson College Historic District

Demographic data

In 2013 a population of 3546 people was determined. The average age at this point in time was 25.2 years, well below the value for Alabama, which was 38.3 years. 63.9% of the population are African American .

sons and daughters of the town

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ US Postal Service - ZIP Codes
  2. ^ History
  3. ↑ Dudziak, Mary L., "The Case of 'Death for a Dollar Ninety-Five: Finding America in American Injustice" ( Memento of the original from December 17, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked . Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , University of Southern California Law School, 2007, p. 5 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / law.bepress.com
  4. ^ Mary L. Dudziak: Cold War Civil Rights: Race and the Image of American Democracy . Ed .: Princeton University Press. 2011, ISBN 1-4008-3988-2 , pp. 6 ( google.com ).
  5. ^ Kwame Anthony Appiah, Henry Louis Gates, Jr .: Civil Rights: An A-to-Z Reference of the Movement That Changed America . Ed .: Running Press. 2005, ISBN 978-0-7624-1958-6 , pp. 217 ( google.com ).
  6. ^ "James L. Bevel The Strategist of the 1960s Civil Rights Movement" by Randy Kryn, a paper in David Garrow 's 1989 book We Shall Overcome, Volume II , Carlson Publishing Company
  7. ^ Robbie Brown: 45 Years Later, an Apology and 6 Months . In: New York Times , November 15, 2010. Retrieved November 16, 2010. 
  8. ^ "Movement Revision Research Summary Regarding James Bevel" by Randy Kryn, published October 2005 by Middlebury College
  9. ↑ City data

Web links

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