The phone staff was great and knowledgeable about the men's community programs. Unfortunately they…read morecould not help my son due to his disability. They only accept able bodied men who can provide work in lieu of payment. Otherwise I admire what they do for people in need.

This one was particularly interesting. It stands in front of what is now the public safety building…read morejust across the street from the Tuskegee University entrance. I had to stop here to get a pass to drive and park on the campus and see the chapel. As I walked past the marker, I had to stop and read both sides. Wow, what a great man! The front reads, "Born in 1930 in Montgomery, Gray was among the foremost civil rights attorneys of the 20th century. Forced by segregation to leave Alabama to attend law school, he vowed to return and "destroy everything segregated I could find." Over a six-decade career, his cases desegregated transportation, education. housing, law enforcement, public accommodations, and government. In the U.S. Supreme Court, Browder v. Gayle won the Montgomery Bus Boycott and Gomillion v. Lightfoot ended gerrymandering of Tuskegee and set the stage for "one man, one vote." Lee v. Macon desegregated all Alabama public elementary and secondary schools. Dixon v. Alabama extended the rights of college students. His clients included Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr., John Lewis, Vivian Malone, Harold Franklin, Freedom Riders, Selma-to-Montgomery marchers, and Tuskegee Syphilis Study victims. In 1970, he and Thomas Reed were the first African Americans since Reconstruction elected to the Alabama Legislature. In 2002, he was the first African American president of the Alabama Bar Association." On the reverse, "Gray represented the 623 victims of the infamous Tuskegee Syphilis Study, in which the U.S. Public Health Service experimented from 1932-1972 on the effects of untreated syphilis, using African American men from rural Macon County as unwitting research subjects. Available medical treatment was withheld from the men in the study. In 1975, Gray negotiated a settlement for the victims and their survivors. In 1997, President Bill Clinton apologized on behalf of the nation to survivors in a White House ceremony during which he called Gray "a great friend of freedom" and thanked him "for fighting this long battle all these long years." That same year Gray initiated - in honor of the victims and in memory of Bernice Hill Gray - the Tuskegee Human and Civil Rights Multicultural Center, a museum dedicated to the history of the Tuskegee Syphilis Study and to the roles of the Native, European and African American peoples who have lived in what is now Macon County, Alabama." The marker mentions his representation of Rosa Parks, but not the fact that he had eaten lunch with her earlier on the very day she refused to give up her seat. Nor does it mention that before Parks, he defended 15‑year‑old Claudette Colvin, whose earlier arrest for refusing to move on a Montgomery bus helped lay the groundwork for Browder v. Gayle. Martin Luther King Jr. once described Gray as "the brilliant young Negro who later became the chief counsel for the protest movement," and Gray himself recalled that King would sometimes tell him, half‑jokingly, that if conscience required civil disobedience, Gray should be ready to defend them afterward. Later, in 1985, he served as president of the National Bar Association, and in 2001 he became the first African American president of the Alabama State Bar. In 2022 he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, recognizing a lifetime of legal and moral leadership. The marker was erected in 2016 by the Alabama Tourism Department and the Tuskegee History Center. It does not have a number, but it stands in exactly the right place: at the threshold of Tuskegee University, in the city whose political boundaries he helped restore, and in the county where he fought some of his most consequential battles. It's a fitting tribute to a man whose legal work reshaped not just Alabama but the nation. [Review 294 of 2026 - 276 in Alabama - 25483 overall]

Walking onto the Tuskegee campus you can feel how layered the history is, and this marker sits…read moreright inside the entrance in front of Robert Moton Hall, tying Julius Rosenwald's philanthropy directly to the institution that helped shape his most influential partnership. The text on the marker is already rich, but knowing the broader story makes it even more compelling. Rosenwald first connected with Booker T. Washington in 1911 after reading Washington's autobiography, and that meeting set off a collaboration that would change education across the rural South. The Rosenwald school program required local communities to raise matching funds, which meant Black families often contributed land, labor, and cash to build schools that their states refused to adequately support. Research has shown that these schools significantly improved literacy, attendance, and long‑term educational outcomes for rural Black children, and by the early 1930s roughly one‑third of African American students in the South were attending a Rosenwald school. The marker reads, "Julius Rosenwald (1862-1932) was a Jewish multimillionaire merchant and one of the founders (1906) of Sears, Roebuck, and Company, then the largest department store in the United States. Rosenwald was a member of the Tuskegee University Board of Trustees (1911-1932) and collaborated with Booker T. Washington on the development of a program to provide public education for rural southern Blacks. Known as "Rosenwald Schools," this initiative existed from 1913 to 1948 and resulted in the construction of over 4,977 schools, 217 teachers' homes, and 163 shop buildings in 883 counties in 15 southern states. This fit well with Rosenwald's philosophy to "Give while you live." His benevolence resulted in the development of the Rosenwald Fund, which supported the creation of many black YMCAs, YWCAs, and grants that encouraged many of the 20th century's greatest black artists and innovators. Approximately half of his charitable gifts went to African American communities." The marker stands at the intersection of Moton Drive and Booker T. Washington Boulevard, just past the entrance gate, and is listed as marker number 4 in the series. It was erected in 2019 by the Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation, City of Tuskegee, and Tuskegee University. [Review 298 of 2026 - 279 in Alabama - 25486 overall]

This marker is in front of the university's public safety building, just across the street from the…read moremain gates. It sits at the literal threshold between the campus that produced generations of Black civic leaders and the city whose political structure those leaders fought to reform. Its excellent condition and high visibility make it a quiet but powerful reminder that the modern civil rights landscape was shaped not only by national figures but by sustained, local, community-driven action. The marker reads, "The Tuskegee Civic Association, whose offices were located here, started out of The Men's Meeting of the 1920s and the Tuskegee Men's Club of the 1930s. On April 13, 1941, in order to increase its effectiveness and to embrace all segments of the population, the club amended its constitution and changed its name to The Tuskegee Civic Association (TCA). The organization focused on civic education, voter registration, political education, community welfare and economic education. Consequently, due to Tuskegee's all white city government's attempt to disenfranchise black voters by gerrymandering the city limits, the TCA decided to initiate a city-wide selective buying campaign (Trade With Your Friends). This prompted an immediate response by State of Alabama officials to begin efforts to suppress it by discouraging and discrediting its members. By the end of July 1957, the state attorney-general (and future governor) John Patterson led multiple raids against the TCA offices. The TCA continued its successful boycott until 1960." It is marker number 5 and it was erected in 2019 by the City of Tuskegee and the Tuskegee University Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation. In 1957, Alabama legislators passed Local Act 140, redrawing Tuskegee's city limits into a bizarre twenty‑eight‑sided shape that excluded all but five Black voters while retaining every white voter. I find this particularly timely as 2026 seems to be a year of gerrymandering and disenfranchisement by both parties at state levels, working to suppress votes of their opponents while highlighting the votes of their supporters. The more things change, the more they stay the same? [Review 466 of 2026 - 290 in Alabama - 25649 overall]

I visit this office almost daily! I sell rare books online and ship out media mail all the time…read more The employees know my face. I went in this morning to ship my usual. A man walked in angry yelling and rude. He had no right to be screaming at the employees all over a mask. Something we should all be wearing to keep everyone safe. Phelix and John were working today. The man was working with phelix. Phelix remained professional calm and collected. He was a true example of a wonderful employee!! John helped distract a child in line who was witnessing this outburst with profanities. Everyone in the office is wonderful.

The folks who work here are genuinely and consistently awesome... plus they are knowledgeable,…read morehelpful, friendly, kind, efficient, neighborly --- I've lived in quite a few towns in America... so been to many post offices. This one rocks customer service!!!

We were following the GPS toward the university campus and it routed us around the back way, which…read moreturned out to be a very secure service entrance leading up toward the VA hospital. I made a quick U-turn, but not before spotting this marker tucked along the roadside, a reminder that this campus holds layers of history beyond the university itself. It reads, "The Tuskegee Veterans Administration Hospital (VA), established in 1923, is significant as the first VA hospital in the nation to be administered by an all African American medical staff. "After WWI, African American veterans found it difficult to secure proper treatment in segregated hospitals, especially in the South. Despite violent threats, the second Tuskegee University president, Robert R. Moton; John Andrew Hospital director, John Kenney; African American media; and others convinced the Veterans Bureau to approve an African American staffed hospital. President Calvin Coolidge ordered it. "The Tuskegee VA Hospital held rank with the four leading Veterans Bureau hospitals. By 1930, there were 52 permanent buildings and 97 professional staff providing treatment in all branches of medicine/surgery and ancillary services such as clinical laboratories, roentgenology, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, dietetics and a medical library. "The Tuskegee VA continued to be staffed by African Americans until full integration at veteran hospitals. It was listed in the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage on April 14, 1992." The marker was erected by the Alabama Historical Commission. It does not have a number. What the marker doesn't mention is just how intense the national debate was when the hospital opened. White supremacist groups, including the Ku Klux Klan, staged protests and attempted to block the hiring of Black physicians, arguing that Black doctors should not be allowed to treat white veterans. The Veterans Bureau initially caved to that pressure, appointing a white superintendent, but the backlash from African American newspapers, civic groups, and Tuskegee Institute leadership was so strong that the federal government reversed course. By 1924 the hospital was fully staffed by Black physicians, nurses, and administrators, making it a landmark in both medical and civil rights history. Today the facility is part of the Central Alabama Veterans Health Care System, and while the staff is fully integrated, the campus still reflects its origins. Several of the original 1920s buildings survive, and the hospital remains one of the most historically significant VA sites in the country, both for its medical contributions and for the civil rights struggle that shaped its founding. A surprising amount of history tucked into a quick U-turn. [Review 293 of 2026 - 275 in Alabama - 25482 overall]

This well kept marker is located on a small traffic island in Lannett. It points out the history of…read morethe city. On the front, "Bluffton was the name of a village adjacent to West Point, Georgia in Chambers County, Alabama. Bluffton was incorporated as a town by an Act of the Alabama Legislature and approved February 20, 1866. It is not known who gave it the name of Bluffton, but the name is descriptive and apt for the town's location on a bluff near the ancient river bed of the Chattahoochee River. Twenty-eight years after incorporation, a new charter was sought from the State of Alabama because Bluffton had grown and citizens of the town decided to change its name. The name was changed from Bluffton to Lanett." And on the reverse, "On December 7, 1865, the Alabama Legislature granted an Act of Incorporation to the town of Bluffton, Alabama, predecessor to the town of Lanett. A charter was granted Bluffton, stating in less than a thousand words the duties, responsibilities and the powers inherent in the Act. It was necessary to hold an election, concerning which a record is preserved in the Chambers County records at LaFayette, Alabama, in Volume I, page 74, Corporation Records. Jude of Probate Lloyd Robertson certified to the following, under his "hand and seal" on August 17, 1893: "I do hereby certify that G.N. Croft, D.H. Adams and K. Lanier, who were appointed inspectors of an election to be held in Bluffton on August 14, 1893, for the purpose of changing the name of Bluffton to Lanett and to incorporate said town. The charter for the newly named Town of Lanett was approved. Hence the area has evolved from the simple village of Bluffton to the present industrial City of Lanett." Early records also mention two academies near this site and note that the Presbyterian Church was organized here in 1837 at the home of Thomas S. Reese, giving the community deeper roots than its incorporation date suggests. Bluffton's tanyard even produced leather for the Confederacy during the Civil War, a detail that ties the marker's narrative to the broader regional story. One of the more interesting historical threads not spelled out on the marker is how closely Lanett and West Point grew together. Streets run seamlessly between the two, and the towns functioned as twin communities long before the name change. The area's industrial rise also attracted a small but notable Jewish community whose presence shaped local commerce in the late nineteenth century. [Review 282 of 2026 - 265 in Alabama - 25471 overall]