Tuskegee, Alabama

Tuskegee is a city in Macon County, Alabama, United States. At the 2020 census the population was 9,395. It has been the site of major African-American achievements for more than 100 years. It is where, in 1881, Lewis Adams founded the Tuskegee Normal School for Colored Teachers, which later became Tuskegee Institute and then Tuskegee University, with the mission of educating a newly freed people for self-sufficiency, and was the birthplace of Rosa Louise Parks in 1913. Today it remains a center for African-American education and became a part of the National Parks System in 1974. One of the most famous teachers at Tuskegee was  George Washington Carver, whose name is linked to new forms of research into Southern farming method and crops. Tuskegee and Tuskegee Institute were also home to the famed Tuskegee Airmen, the first squadron of African-American pilots in the U.S. Military. The city is the county seat of Macon County, and is known as the home of Tuskegee University "The Pride of the Swift Growing South". It is part of the Auburn–Opelika metropolitan statistical area.

Notable residents
 The Tuskegee Airmen
Andre Thornton, born in Tuskegee, major league baseball player
Lionel Richie, born & raised in Tuskegee, then graduated from Tuskegee University,R&B singer, songwriter, composer, producer and occasional actor.
Lt Gen Russell C. Davis former Commanding General of the District of Columbia National Guard.
Rimp Lanier, former Major League Baseball player.
Tom Joyner, nationally syndicated Radio DJ
Eric Motley, former US State Department official and director of the Aspen Institute
Evander McIvor Law, American Civil War general

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Category:Cities in Alabama
Category:County seats in Alabama