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Jemison Oviatt Bowers (known as J. Oviatt) was born in the Pineywoods community in Tuscaloosa County to Edgar M. Bowers and Mary Letitia Crow Bowers. He attended the old Stafford School and graduated from Tuscaloosa High School. He attended the…

The Rev. William McKinley Branch stands behind the stop sign in this barricade during a Greensboro, AL, march in the 1960's. To his left is the Rev. Thomas Gilmore.

Branch was an iconic figure in the 1960's-era civil rights movement in Alabama. He…

Lamar Branscomb was the Executive Director of the Tuscaloosa Housing Authority over the Rosedale and McKenzie Court Housing Developments. Lamar Branscomb was active in the Tuscaloosa community serving on numerous boards of directors including the…

Johnny Mack Brown is shown with his daughter Cynthia and horse Rebel in this photo that was sent to Dayton Hale Jr. of Tuscaloosa, a cousin to Brown's wife Connie

Johnny Mack Brown was born on September 1, 1904, in Dothan. His expertise on the…

Marie Ellen ("Nellie") Clarkson was born on May 22, 1841, in Columbia, South Carolina, to Thomas Boston Clarkson and Sarah Caroline Heriot.

On November 28, 1860, at the age of 19, she married Peter Bryce, a 26 year old native in Columbia, South…

Johnny Mack Brown is shown having tea with his wife Connie at the home of Snow Hinton on Queen City Avenue in Tuscaloosa.

Johnny Mack Brown was born on September 1, 1904, in Dothan. His expertise on the footfall field earned him a football…

Marie Ellen "Nellie" Clarkson was born in Columbia, South Carolina, to Thomas Boston Clarkson and Sarah Caroline Heriot.

On November 28, 1860, at the age of 19, she married Peter Bryce, a 26-year-old native in Columbia, South Carolina. This was…

This is a handwritten will of Dr. Peter Bryce, the first superintendent of Bryce Hospital and a pioneer in mental health care.

Paul Burnum (February 6, 1900 – September 14, 1981) was a coach of multiple sports at the University of Alabama, having served as head coach of the school's men's basketball and baseball teams and an assistant for the football team. He was also the…

A photograph of Gerald L Busby, Vice President of First National Bank of Tuskaloosa