Tuskegee: Making Democracy Happen

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Tuskegee: Making Democracy Happen

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Shaping democracy, making history

Shaping democracy, making historyShaping democracy, making historyShaping democracy, making history

Preserving Tuskegee's civil rights legacy

Explore the sites and their stories

About Making Democracy Happen

Making Democracy Happen is an exploration of Tuskegee/Macon County sites and people that have been involved in the history of the civil rights movement and the sacrifices made by local residents who fought for the cause of first class citizenship for African Americans.


This website is a project of the Tuskegee History Center, the Association of African American Museums, and the African American Civil Rights Network.

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104 South Elm Street, PO Box 830768, Tuskegee, Alabama 36083, United States

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Header images from left to right: 

  • Jessie Guzman and Charles Gomillion, The Tuskegee University Archives, Tuskegee University.
  • Fred D. Gray, Alabama Department of Archives and History.
  • Sheriff Lucius Amerson and his deputies being sworn into office by Judge Preston Hornsby at the Macon County courthouse, Alabama Department of Archives and History. (top left)
  • Lucius Amerson getting into his car after being sworn in as sheriff at the Macon County courthouse, Alabama Department of Archives and History. (bottom right)


Audio Credit: 

  • Tuskegee Civc Association Meeting #103 [June 23, 1959]: Frank J. Toland, W.C. Patton, W.P. Mitchell, Jackie Robinson, The Tuskegee University Archives, Tuskegee University.

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  • TCA Offices
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  • Jessie P. Guzman House
  • Lucius Amerson House
  • Booker T. Washington
  • More to Explore
  • TCA Call to Action

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