Montgomery, Alabama
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Foundation : | December 3, 1819 |
State : | United States |
State : | Alabama |
County : | Montgomery County |
Coordinates : | 32 ° 21 ′ N , 86 ° 17 ′ W |
Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
200,022 (as of 2016) 376,246 (as of 2016) |
Population density : | 497 inhabitants per km 2 |
Area : | 404.53 km 2 (approx. 156 mi 2 ) of which 402.43 km 2 (approx. 155 mi 2 ) is land |
Height : | 73 m |
Area code : | +1 334 |
FIPS : | 01-51000 |
GNIS ID : | 0165344 |
Website : | www.montgomeryal.gov |
Mayor : | Steven Reed ( D ) |
Alabama State Capitol |
Montgomery in Montgomery County is the second largest city after Birmingham and the capital of the US state Alabama .
The city is located in the so-called Black Belt and was a center of the black civil rights movement in the United States in the 1950s .
history
Before European colonization , the area west of the Alabama River was populated by the Alabama people , an Indian tribe. The Coushatta settled east of the river .
The city was named after General Richard Montgomery , who tried unsuccessfully to conquer Canadian Québec during the Revolutionary War . Montgomery was the first capital of the Confederate States of America between February 4 and May 29, 1861 (in the American Civil War ). On the steps of the Alabama State Capitol , Jefferson Davis took his oath of office. After the Battle of Selma on April 12, 1865, Union troops conquered the city under the leadership of Major General James H. Wilson . The city's flag is a reminder of the time as a member of the Confederation, it contains the color gray (for the uniforms of the Southern Army ) and a stripe reminiscent of the flag of the Confederate States of America .
In 1910 the Wright brothers founded a flight school in Montgomery.
The Afro-American painter Bill Traylor , a former slave , found his motifs on the streets of Montgomery.
In the second half of the 20th century, Montgomery was best known for its African-American civil rights activists. Martin Luther King achieved initial success here, and Rosa Parks refused to vacate a bus seat reserved for whites ( Montgomery bus boycott ), a starting point for desegregation .
Four structures in Montgomery have National Historic Landmark status , including the Alabama State Capitol . 62 buildings and sites in the city are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of January 30, 2020).
Demographic statistics
As of the 2000 census, Montgomery had 201,568 people in 78,384 households and 51,106 families. The population density was 500.9 people / km². There were 86,787 residential units spread across the city, which corresponds to an average density of 215.7 / km². The population was made up of 49.63% African American , 47.67% White, 1.23% Latin American , 1.06% Asian , 0.25% Native American, and 0.98% with two or more ethnicities.
There were children under the age of 18 in 32.1% of the 78,384 households, 42.4% were married couples living together, 19.1% were women without a husband, and 34.8% were not living with families. 30.1% of all households were inhabited by individuals and 9.4% by individuals over 65. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size 3.06.
25.5% of Montgomery's residents were under 18 years of age, 12.1% between 18 and 24, 29.8% between 25 and 44, 20.3% between 45 and 64 and 11.8% 65 and older. The average age was 33 years. For every 1,000 women there were 884 men.
The median income for a household in the city was 35,627 dollars US , the median income of a family at 44,297 $. Male Montgomery residents earned an average of $ 31,877 and females $ 25,014. The per capita income for the city was $ 19,385. 17.7% of the population and 13.9% of families are below the poverty line . Overall, 25.7% of people under the age of 18 and 13.4% of people 65 and over lived below the poverty line.
Culture and sights
Located in Montgomery, the Jasmine Hill Gardens and Outdoor Museum , a 80,930 m 2 large botanical garden and museum
- Alabama Shakespeare Festival
- Montgomery Zoo
- The Confederation's first White House
- Dexter Avenue Baptist Church (Church where Martin Luther King , Jr. pastored from 1954.)
- Flea Market Montgomery
- First Baptist Church , an important center of civil rights movements such as black emancipation
- The National Memorial for Peace and Justice
Also located in Montgomery is the Alabama Historical Commission , a commission for historical preservation .
economy
The Montgomery metropolitan area generated an economic output of 15.3 billion US dollars in 2016.
education
The numerous universities include:
- Alabama State University (Corral Times)
- Faulkner University
- Huntingdon College
- Auburn University Montgomery
Town twinning
- Pietrasanta ( Italy )
sons and daughters of the town
- Donzaleigh Abernathy (* 1957), actress, director and writer
- Alonzo Babers (* 1961), athlete and Olympic champion
- Caroline Bond Day (1889–1948), anthropologist and writer
- Perry Bradford (1893–1970), pianist, singer and bandleader and recording manager for Okeh Records
- Brett Butler (* 1958), stand-up comedian and actress
- Nat King Cole (1919–1965), singer, pianist and jazz musician
- John Collins (1913-2001), swing and bebop jazz guitarist
- Artur Davis (* 1967), member of the US House of Representatives
- Chris Dickerson (born 1939), bodybuilder
- Barbara G. Fast (* 1953), Major General in the US Army
- Zelda Fitzgerald (1900–1948), author and wife of the writer F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Eddie Floyd (* 1937), soul and rhythm and blues singer and songwriter for the legendary Stax label
- Dixie Bibb Graves (1882–1965), Alabama Senator
- Dickie Harris (1918–2009), jazz and rhythm and blues musician
- Joseph Lister Hill (1894–1984), Member of the United States House and Senate for the state of Alabama
- Tarvaris Jackson (1983-2020), American football player
- Howard Johnson (1941-2021), jazz musician
- Percy Lavon Julian (1899–1975), African American chemist and civil rights activist
- Eddie Kendricks (1939–1992), soul singer and former lead singer of the Temptations
- Yolanda King (1955–2007), eldest daughter of the murdered civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. and the activist Coretta Scott King
- Scott Loftin (1878–1953), Florida State Senator
- Joe Morris (1922–1958), jazz trumpeter and band leader
- Chuck Murphy (1922-2001), country and rockabilly musician
- Albert Parsons (1848–1887), editor of the anarchist weekly Alarm and a spokesman for the Chicago labor movement
- Gordon Persons (1902–1965), politician and Governor of Alabama
- Wilton Persons (1896–1977), Major General in the US Army and Chief of Staff of the White House
- Johnny Simmons (born 1986), actor
- Za'Darius Smith (born 1992), American football player
- Bart Starr (1934-2019), American football player and coach
- Katie Stengel (* 1992), soccer player
- Big Mama Thornton (1926-1984), blues singer
- Kathryn C. Thornton (* 1952), astronaut
- Marzette Watts (1938–1998), jazz musician
- Jett Williams (born 1953), country singer
- Nelson Williams (1917–1973), jazz musician
Climate table
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Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Thomas McAdory Owen, Marie Bankhead Owen: History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography. Vol. 2. De Luxe Supplement Edition. SJ Clarke, Chicago 1921, p. 1037.
- ↑ List of NHL by State . National Park Service , accessed October 31, 2018.
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↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed January 30, 2020.
Weekly List on the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed January 30, 2020. - ↑ US Department of Commerce, BEA, Bureau of Economic Analysis: Bureau of Economic Analysis. Retrieved July 4, 2018 (American English).