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<html> <head> <title>Montgomery, AL</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/silly-nndb-icon.png" /><style type="text/css">  </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/style.css" /> </head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap>This is a beta version of NNDB</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr> <map name=fool><area coords="102,0,240,14" href="/geo/613/000069406/bibliography/" alt="bibliography"></map><tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 0px 15px 15px 15px;"><img src="/red-profile-2.gif" align="right" height=15 width=240 border=0 usemap=#fool> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> Montgomery, AL CITY Official Website: <a href="http://www.montgomery.al.us/">http://www.montgomery.al.us/</a> Population: 201568 (2000 census)Founding Date: 1819County: <a href="/geo/968/000141545/">Montgomery County</a>Founded 1819 with the union of East Alabama and New Philadelphia. See also <a href="/topics/474/000178937/">Montgomery Bus Boycott</a>, taking place 1955-56. NEWSPAPERS <table border=1 class="bordered"> <tr><th>Newspaper</th></tr> <tr><td><a href="/media/696/000197105/">Montgomery Advertiser</a></td></tr></table> SCHOOLS <table border=1 class="bordered"> <tr><th>School</th><th>Founded</th></tr> <tr><td><a href="/edu/266/000201660/">Auburn University Montgomery</a></td><td><center>1967</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/edu/272/000201666/">Amridge University</a></td><td><center>1967</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/edu/369/000167865/">Faulkner University</a></td><td><center>1942</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/edu/118/000112779/">Alabama State University</a></td><td><center>1867</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/edu/362/000082116/">Huntingdon College</a></td><td><center>1854</center></td></tr></table> COMPANY HEADQUARTERS <table border=1 class="bordered"> <tr><th>Company</th><th>Founded</th></tr> <tr><td><a href="/company/620/000122254/">Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles</a></td><td><center>1978</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/company/820/000172304/">Colonial BancGroup</a></td><td><center>1974</center></td></tr></table> BIRTHS <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_births"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/039/000165541/">Michael F. Adams</a></td> <td><center>Educator</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1948</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>President, University of Georgia</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/560/000025485/">Brett Butler</a></td> <td><center>Comic</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Jan-1958</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Comedian with southern drawl</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/881/000402672/">Clarence Carter</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Jan-1936</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Patches</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/738/000274913/">Hosea Chanchez</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Sep-1981</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Malik Wright on The Game</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/460/000031367/">Nat King Cole</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Mar-1917</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Feb-1965</tt></td> <td>Unforgettable</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/088/000205470/">John Crommelin, Jr.</a></td> <td><center>Military</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Oct-1902</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Nov-1996</tt></td> <td>Rear Admiral, US Navy</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/346/000036238/">Artur Davis</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Apr-1967</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Congressman from Alabama, 2003-11</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/567/000174045/">Dixie Dunbar</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Jan-1919</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Aug-1991</tt></td> <td>1930s actress</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/341/000177807/">P. Michael Ehlerman</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1938</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Chairman of Sovereign Bancorp</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/080/000071864/">Eddie Floyd</a></td> <td><center>Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Jun-1935</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>R&B/Stax performer and songwriter</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/884/000120524/">Jim Folsom, Jr.</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-May-1949</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Governor of Alabama, 1993-95</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/867/000056699/">Melvin Franklin</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Oct-1942</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Feb-1995</tt></td> <td>Bass vocals for The Temptations</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/264/000233562/">Mary Katharine Ham</a></td> <td><center>Journalist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Apr-1980</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>HamNation</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/895/000161412/">Lister Hill</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Dec-1894</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Dec-1984</tt></td> <td>US Senator from Alabama, 1938-69</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/666/000168162/">William U. Hill</a></td> <td><center>Judge</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1948</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Justice, Wyoming Supreme Court</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/957/000160477/">Percy Julian</a></td> <td><center>Chemist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Apr-1899</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Apr-1975</tt></td> <td>Physostigmine and cortisone</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/351/000122982/">Martin Luther King III</a></td> <td><center>Activist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Oct-1957</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Former President of the SCLC</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/573/000399373/">Frank Lawrence Owsley</a></td> <td><center>Historian</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Jan-1890</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Oct-1956</tt></td> <td>King Cotton Diplomacy</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/372/000167868/">Tom Parker</a></td> <td><center>Judge</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Aug-1951</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Justice, Alabama Supreme Court</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/332/000131936/">Albert Parsons</a></td> <td><center>Activist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Jun-1848</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Nov-1887</tt></td> <td>Haymarket Martyr</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/356/000094074/">Wilton B. Persons</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Jan-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Sep-1977</tt></td> <td>Eisenhower's Chief of Staff</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/900/000266102/">Martha Roby</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Jul-1976</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Congresswoman, Alabama 2nd</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/409/000073190/">Tommy Shaw</a></td> <td><center>Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Sep-1953</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Styx and Damn Yankees</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/304/000281458/">Octavia Spencer</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-May-1972</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>The Help</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/657/000110327/">Bart Starr</a></td> <td><center>Football</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Jan-1934</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Green Bay Packers QB, 1956-71</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/229/000205611/">Toni Tennille</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-May-1940</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>The Captain and Tennille</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/975/000121612/">Jett Williams</a></td> <td><center>Country Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Jan-1953</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Daughter of Hank Williams, Sr.</td> </tr> </table> DEATHS <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_deaths"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/088/000205470/">John Crommelin, Jr.</a></td> <td><center>Military</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Oct-1902</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Nov-1996</tt></td> <td>Rear Admiral, US Navy</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/412/000130022/">William L. Dickinson</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Jun-1925</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Mar-2008</tt></td> <td>Congressman from Alabama, 1965-93</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/895/000161412/">Lister Hill</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Dec-1894</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Dec-1984</tt></td> <td>US Senator from Alabama, 1938-69</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/695/000207074/">Frank M. Johnson</a></td> <td><center>Judge</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Oct-1918</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Jul-1999</tt></td> <td>11th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1981-99</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/856/000137445/">James T. Rapier</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Nov-1837</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>31-May-1883</tt></td> <td>Congressman from Alabama, 1873-75</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/267/000032171/">George Wallace</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Aug-1919</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Sep-1998</tt></td> <td>Governor of Alabama, crippled by assassin</td> </tr> </table> Do you know something we don't? <a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=69406" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a> Copyright ©2017 Soylent Communications </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"><div class="contentf"><center><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a> <a style="color: #0000ff" href="http://mapper.nndb.com/maps/792/000001789/"><img src="http://mapper.nndb.com/t/792/1789/s1789.jpg" width=128> Theocracy Now!</a> Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</center></div> <div class="contentf"><center>BibliographiesNNDB has added thousands of bibliographies for people, organizations, schools, and general topics, listing more than 50,000 books and 120,000 other kinds of references. 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