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January 17th, 2016 we had over 700 people ascend to Stone Mountain peak in commemoration of Dr. Martin Luther King’s "I Have A Dream" speech, Dr. King spoke of a symbolic bell of freedom ringing from the tops of Stone Mountain to the hills of Tennessee. This video highlights the Women, Men and children atop the mountain and proclaim their dreams to hundreds of people. Please watch and share this historic moment, as we celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King's Legacy and encourage our youth and community to believe in themselves. Thank you and see you next year!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCkQTdMv0T4&feature=youtu.be

MLK Dream Walk 2016 | Stone Mountain, GA January 17th, 2016 we had over 700 people ascend to Stone Mountain peak in commemoration of Dr. Martin Luther King’s "I Have A Dream" speech, Dr. King spoke ...

SCAV 1342Oxford Photograph AlbumLincoln Academy, Marion Alabama

Alabama State University is a Historically Black College and University (HBCU) in Montgomery, Alabama. Founded less than two years after the end of the Civil War as the Lincoln Normal School in Marion, Alabama, it is one of the oldest HBCUs in the United States. Nine ex-slaves, Joey Pinch, Thomas Speed, Nickolas Dale, James Childs, Thomas Lee, John Freeman, Nathan Levert, David Harris, and Alexander H. Curtis, made up the first Board of Trustees. Under their guidance, the black and white community of Marion raised five hundred dollars to buy land for the school’s campus. The money to build the school building came from the American Missionary Association (AMA).

In 1873 the State of Alabama assumed control over the Lincoln Normal School and renamed it the State Normal School and University for the Education of Colored Teachers and Students. In 1874, the school was renamed again becoming the Alabama State Lincoln Normal School and University (ASLNSU). On June 30, 1880 the first class of six students graduated from the ASLNSU.

In 1887, the state moved the institution to Montgomery, the state capital. Twelve years later in 1899 the state legislature provided funding for the first time and changed the institution's name again to the Normal School for Colored Students. William B. Paterson, a native of Scotland was named President of the Normal School He, in turn, hired John W. Beverly who became the school's first African American instructor. In 1915 Beverly succeeded Paterson, becoming the school's first black president in 1915. Beverly initiated a program of curriculum development that allowed the school to become a two-year junior college in 1920.

By 1929 the junior college became the State Teachers College and awarded its first baccalaureate degrees in teacher education in 1931. In 1948 there was another name change to Alabama State College for Negroes, then in 1954 to Alabama State College. In 1969 it became Alabama State University (ASU).

Located in Montgomery, Alabama State University’s faculty, staff and students were directly involved with the Montgomery Bus Boycott which began in December 1955. Rosa Parks, who along with Rev. Martin Luther King, became the most recognizable figure in the Boycott is an alumnus of Alabama State. After Parks’ arrest Alabama State English Professor Jo Ann Gibson Robinson and two of her students mimeographed 35 thousand leaflets which were crucial in spreading word of the Boycott. Gibson and Ed Nixon, the initial leaders of the boycott, selected Martin Luther King to head the Montgomery Improvement Association which became the organizational arm of the boycott.

Alabama State University now enrolls nearly 6,000 students in 50 undergraduate and graduate programs. It also now has two satellite campuses in Birmingham and Mobile, Alabama

Everyone in this album where the 1st to do it

Today was a great day

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Photos: The Dream Walk in honor of MLK Participants make their way up the final stretch to the summit commemorating the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Good Morning,

Thank you all for registering for the event today. Here are some updates and information for the event location and options on meeting locations to walk the stone mountain trial.

Parking: The park charges $15.00 to gain entrance to its facilities.

Locations:

1. The West gate entrance to Stone Mountain Park. This is the portion of the park that is connected to Stone Mountain Village. You can enter through the main gate of the park and follow Jefferson davis drive, once JEfferson drive meets Robert E Lee boulavard make a right and you will see parking on your left. We will start at the base of the trail at The Confederate Hall Historical Education & environemt Center.

2. If you do not desire to pay for parking inside the park you can meet at 875 Main Street park and their is a trail that connects through Stone Mountain Village. Warning if you have never walked this trail before i would strongly urge to pay the entrance and follow the directions to the Confederate Hall Center.

Attire:

Dress warmly and if possible we would like everyone to wear black as a base color for their outfit as we will take a group photo once the event concludes.

Some have expressed wearing graduation hats and other significant achievement artcles of clothing. That is permissble as well.

Time:

We will start the climb at 12:30pm!