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industries included lumber, textiles, shipbuilding and steel. The city received $ 3 million in federal grants for harbor improvements, which drastically deepened the shipping channels in the harbor. The construction of new railroads and the expansion of the port allowed for greater connectivity and facilitated the growth of the city's economy as a hub for the region. New public schools were built especially to meet the soaring demand for a high school education. High society promoted the new
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important part of the city's culture, with elaborate parades and celebrations. However, the 1920s and 1930s were also a challenging time for Mobile and the rest of the country. The Great Depression hit the city hard, leading to high levels of unemployment and poverty. The city also experienced racial tensions, with segregation and discrimination affecting many aspects of daily life.
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on bankruptcy. In 1879 the city charter was repealed by the state legislature, abolishing the "City of Mobile" and replacing it with three city commissioners appointed by the Alabama governor. The commissioners were charged with governing the new "Port of Mobile" and reducing the city's debt. The debt problem would not be settled until the last note was paid in 1906.
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these are still to be found, notably the community of Birdville. "Thomas James Place" was the proper name for Birdville which was built just outside Brookley Air Force Base to provide relief for the housing shortage. The development consisted of a series of interwoven curving concrete streets named after various birds, hence the nickname Birdville.
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The decline of the city continued under the Democrats. By 1875 the city was more than $ 5 million in debt and could not even pay the interest on the loans. This debt had been accruing since the 1830s. A game of political maneuvering continued to be played between rival factions as the city bordered
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firm, to create a new comprehensive master plan for the downtown area and surrounding neighborhoods. The planning area is bordered on the east by the Mobile River, to the south by Interstate 10 and Duval Street, to the west by Houston Street and to the north by Three Mile Creek and the neighborhoods
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Beginning in the late 1980s, the city council and mayor Mike Dow began an effort termed the "String of Pearls Initiative" to make Mobile into a competitive, urban city. Numerous new facilities and projects were built around the city; the government encouraged the restoration of hundreds of historic
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to become embittered. In 1874, Democrats around the state used violence and extreme measures to keep African Americans and non-Democratic voters from participating in the November election. Election day in Mobile saw armed gangs roaming the streets and mobs of people surrounding the polling places
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cities, with the police force and one local college becoming integrated in the 1950s and the voluntary desegregation of buses and lunchcounters by 1963, but schools and many other institutions had remained segregated. In 1963, three African-American students filed a suit against the Mobile County
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During the war, the phenomenal influx of workers created a huge housing shortage. Citizens rented out extra rooms and also converted porches, garages and even chicken coops into rentals. Several federal housing projects were quickly built to house the new maritime and Air Force workers. Several of
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Overall, the early 20th century was a time of significant growth and change for Mobile, Alabama, as the city expanded economically, culturally, and socially. The population grew from about 40,000 in 1900 to over 60,000 by 1920. The city becoming a hub for shipping, manufacturing, and commerce. Key
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The economy flourished in the 1920s, but suffered severely in the Great Depression after 1929. The 1920s and 1930s saw Jazz music achieve wide popularity inside and outside the Black community. Many clubs and venues gave people an opportunity to hear live music. Mardi Gras continued to be an
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ordinance, one that segregated the city streetcars. Mobile's African American population responded to this with a two-month boycott which was ultimately unsuccessful. After this, Mobile's de facto segregation was increasingly replaced with legislated segregation.
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on Mobile Bay was repulsed by American forces. A subsequent British attack in February 1815 was successful, resulting in the surrender of the fort. The War of 1812 ended before an attack on the settlement of Mobile, across the bay, could be conducted.
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during the war as policemen in Mobile. He declared all offices in Mobile vacant and filled them with his own appointees, most of whom were African-American. This included appointing large numbers of African-Americans who had served in the
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appointed Gustavus Horton to be the mayor of Mobile during the time until elections could be held. Horton was from Massachusetts and was considered to be a "radical" by local whites because he enforced equal rights for Mobile's
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The cotton boom of the early 19th century brought an explosion of commerce to what had been a sleepy frontier town. For almost the next half century, Mobile enjoyed prosperity as the second largest international seaport on the
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downtown buildings and homes. Violent crime was reduced by 50%, and the city and county leaders worked to attract new business ventures to the area. The effort continues into the present with new city government leadership.
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members on Herndon Avenue. The two perpetrators were both convicted of murder, with one sentenced to life in prison and the other sentenced to death and executed in 1997. A subsequent wrongful death lawsuit was filed by the
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By 1956, Mobile's square mileage had tripled to accommodate growth. The Brookley Air Force Base closure in the mid-1960s sent economic tremors through the area which took many years to absorb. Also in the post-war period, the
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was in charge of Mobile in late 1865 and early 1866, he issued an order that in all courts and judicial proceedings in the District of Mobile that African-Americans should have the same standing as whites. General
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took over administration of the colony by royal charter for 15 years, pledging a share of profits to the King. The colony boasted a population of 400 persons. In 1713 a new governor was appointed by Crozat,
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Mobile had $ 522 million in contracts for World War II combat equipment, but not nearly enough residents to do the work. Workers flocked in from rural areas, especially to the shipyards and to the
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declared all offices in Mobile vacant and filled them with his own appointees, most of whom were African-American. This included appointing large numbers of African-Americans who had served in the
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the federal district court ruled that the city commission form was discriminatory in intent, with the result of substantially diluting the African-American vote. In the years after passage of the
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on 29 August 2005. A storm surge of 11.45 feet (3.49 m) damaged eastern sections of Mobile and caused extensive flooding downtown. Mobilians elected their first African American mayor,
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These additional outbreaks of disease and a series of floods caused Bienville to order the town relocated several miles downriver to its present location at the confluence of the
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rests in Mobile Bay to this day. The city of Mobile later surrendered to the Union army in order to avoid destruction. Ironically, on May 25, 1865, weeks after
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The aftermath of the war left Mobile with a spirit of governmental and economic caution that would limit it for a large part of the next century. General
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to a mayor and city-council form with seven members elected from single-member districts, following a court challenge by African-American residents. In
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In another note of differentiation between the somewhat cosmopolitan port and the hinterlands of predominantly Protestant Alabama, Mobile was declared a
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area, encountering Native Americans who fled and burned their towns at the approach of the expedition. This response was a prelude to the journeys of
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Fitzgerald, Michael W (1993). "Railroad Subsidies and Black Aspirations: The Politics of Economic Development in Reconstruction Mobile, 1865–1879".
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A Map of West Florida (bottom right), the U.S. (top right) and Louisiana (left), published in 1781, showing Mobile in the center of West Florida.
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for over 60 years. During 1720, when France warred with Spain, Mobile was on the battlefront, so the capital moved west to
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was appointed as collector of customs in Mobile, serving in this position from July 1871 until February 1872. Colonel
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took a force of American troops from New Orleans to capture Mobile. The Spanish capitulated in April 1813 and the
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and his warriors took place somewhere north of the current site of Mobile. The next large expedition was that of
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Mobile first became a part of the United States in 1813, when it was captured by American forces and added to the
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A detail of Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville's 1732 map of Louisiana showing Mobile Bay, the Mobile colony (
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guarding the mouth of Mobile Bay and defeated a small force of wooden Confederate gunboats and the ironclad
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The last quarter of the 19th century in Mobile was a time of turmoil. The government was controlled by
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of the United States was raised for the first time over the Mobile area as it was added to the existing
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Hernando de Soto explored the area of Mobile Bay and beyond in 1540, finding the area inhabited by a
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was constructed at the new site during this time. The colony was an economic loss, so in 1712,
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to support the war effort by producing ships faster than the German U-boats could sink them.
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in May 1867. Many of these politicians instituted policies that caused the disenfranchised
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Native American people. During this expedition, his forces destroyed the fortified town of
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in August 1817. Finally on December 14, 1819, Mobile became part of the new 22nd state,
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The Political Use of Racial Narratives: School Desegregation in Mobile, Alabama, 1954–97
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Pink Sheets and Black Ballots: Politics and Civil Rights in Mobile, Alabama, 1945–1985
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Port City Crusader: John LeFlore and the Non-Partisan Voters League in Mobile, Alabama
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control, leading to a rebellion in 1810 and the establishment for three months of the
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Shipbuilding began to make a major comeback in Mobile with the founding in 1999 of
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Mobile's city government was changed in 1985 from three city commissioners elected
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Educational Reconstruction: African American Schools in the Urban South, 1865–1890
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New Men, New Cities, New South: Atlanta, Nashville, Charleston, Mobile, 1860–1910
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Mobile, Alabama's People of Color: A Tricentennial History, 1702–2002, Volume One
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and justice continued to be an issue on the individual level in Mobile. In 1981,
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Racial tensions remained high. In 1902 the city government passed Mobile's first
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had dissolved the Confederacy, an ammunition depot explosion, termed the great
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Mobile grew substantially in the period leading up to the Civil War, when the
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Dean Congratulates Sam Jones, First Black Mayor of Mobile, Alabama on Victory
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opened as an integrated college, planned as such from its inception in 1956.
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of the Roman Catholic Church in this same period. What would become known as
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as the simplified trade language with the Native Americans from present-day
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Mobile, the Life and Times of a Great Southern City: An Illustrated History
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Although Spain's presence in the area had been sporadic, the French, under
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from 1868 until 1879, he made numerous visits to Mobile during this time.
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From Fort to Port: An Architectural History of Mobile, Alabama, 1711–1918
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as early as 1500, with the bay being marked on early Spanish maps as the
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Urban Emancipation: Popular Politics in Reconstruction Mobile, 1860–1890
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in half, and leaving Mobile, for the next 2 years, as part of the new
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The United States and Spain held long, inconclusive negotiations on
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Legal racial segregation was ended by congressional passage of the
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A map of Mobile Bay and surroundings during the American Civil War.
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in 1711. This site had previously been settled five years prior by
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The Pen Makes a Good Sword: John Forsyth of the Mobile Register
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until 1813 when it was captured by American forces (during the
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University of South Alabama Center for Archaeological Studies
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in 1780, and retained Mobile by the terms of the war-ending
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during the war, this was a regiment of roughly 2,000 white
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and re-energized the port. Major exports included timber,
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Why We Are Here: Mobile and the Spirit of a Southern City
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on 16 September 2004. Mobile received damage again from
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combined to become one of the area's largest workforces.
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emerged as a leader of African Americans in the 1920s.
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in 1783. Mobile was then part of the colonial province
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heavily fortified it. Union naval forces established a
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was also established during this time. In 1830, Bishop
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Forth to the Mighty Conflict: Alabama and World War II
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In August 1864 Farragut's ships fought their way past
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during the war as policemen in Mobile. While General
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Cotton City: Urban Development in Antebellum Mobile
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