The Marion

The Marion nine men were Alexander H. Curtis, Joey Pinch, Thomas Speed, Nickolas Dale, James Childs, Thomas Lee, John Freeman, Nathan Levert and David Harris. They attempted to give training to dark offspring of Marion. Curtis was the most compelling of the gathering and later drove the push to revamp Lincoln School into state foundation. He was an individual from Alabama Legislature for a long time and he adored the regard of his individual legislators.With Alma Freeman he composed an exposition about Alabama State University and said as endeavors to integrate state school frameworks progressively undermine the very endurance of advanced education for dark Americans. Thomas Speed was a multi year old smithy and North Carolina local who couldn't peruse or compose, yet had accumulated some close to home property through his business tasks. Joseph D.Caver an alumni understudy in the division of history at Alabama State finished his lords proposition, named Marion to Montgomery: A Twent y-Year History of Alabama State University, 1867-1887. Which presents a very insightful and touchy examination and documentation of state. On authors day all workforce and understudies are relied upon to be in participation to elevate the immense works performed by our ancestors in creation of ASU.It is our present convention that the occasion be held in the Joe L. Reed Acadome. The leaders of Alabama State at the time are William Burns Paterson (1878-1915), John William Beverly (1915-1920), George Washington Trenholm (1920-1925, Harper Councill Trenholm (1925-1962), Levi Watkins (1962-1981), Robert L. Randolph(1981-1983), Leon Howard (1983-1991), Clifford C. Bread cook (1991-1994), Joe A. Lee (2001-2008) and William Hamilton Harris(1994-200/2008-2012).