Tuskegee, Alabama

Tuskegee is a city in and the county seat of Macon County, Alabama. The population of the city is 9,865. Tuskegee has been an important site in African-American history and highly influential in United States history since the 19th century. Before the American Civil War, the area was largely used as a cotton plantation, dependent on African-American slave labor. After the war, many freedmen continued to work on plantations in the rural area, which was devoted to agriculture. In 1881 the Tuskegee Normal School (now Tuskegee University, a historically black college) was founded by Lewis Adams, a former slave whose father, Jesse Adams, a slave owner, allowed him to be educated, and its first, founding principal was, Booker T. Washington who developed a national reputation and philanthropic network to support education of freedmen and their children.
Tuskegee 	Alabama
Incorporated 	1843
Nickname 	Thou Pride of the Swift Growing South
County 	Macon
Population 	9,865
Elevation 	463 ft (141 m)
Mayor 	Sakeem Waters
City Guildmaster	Xaryus Mitchell
ZIP codes 	36083, 36087-36088
== Demographics ==
As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the racial composition of the city is:
95.51% Black or African American (9,422)
2.74% Other (270)
1.75% White (173)
26.6% (2,624) of Tuskegee residents live below the poverty line.
== Theft rate statistics ==
Sadly, as important as Tuskegee was in African-American history, these days, it's a very sad place. And not only that, it's one of the most dangerous small cities for Pokemon in the country, having developed a bad reputation and said to be on par with the more dangerous parts of Montgomery and getting towards Birmingham levels. It has Alabama's 4th-highest Pokemon theft rate and 4th-highest murder rate. The city reported 67 Pokemon thefts in 2018, and averages 29.57 murders a year.
== Pokemon ==
See the Macon County page for more info.
== Fun facts ==
* Tuskegee is the birthplace of popular 80's R&B singer Lionel Richie and pivotal Civil Rights activist Rosa Parks. It is also the location of the Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site, and the birthplace of Erin Kirkland, the trainer of Bryce Wallace before her death in 1993.
* Tuskegee has little to offer outside of the university. Walmart tried to come here long ago and failed, but it offers a Nintendo World, dollar stores, a few fast food places, a sports complex, Moton Field Municipal Airport, a few public battle fields, a couple of motels, Pizza Hut, CVS, Walgreens, Piggly Wiggly, a bit of local restaurants and businesses, Hibbett Sports, and a few other things.
Category:Alabama Cities