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Aurelia Browder
No full textAurelia Shines Browder Coleman (January 29, 1919-February 4, 1971). Teacher, Seamstress, Civil Rights Activist. She completed high school in her thirties and eventually earned a BS degree in science from Alabama State University. She graduated with honors and was inducted into Alpha Kappa Mu, the honor society.
While at ASU, Browder became acquainted with Jo Ann Gibson Robinson, a professor in the English Department who inspired her to participate in the lawsuit then proposed by the Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA).
Browder v. Gayle was filed listing five plaintiffs: Aurelia Browder, Claudette Colvin, Susie McDonald, Jeanetta Reese, and Mary Louise Smith. Browder was chosen as the lead plaintiff because of her age. Two of the other plaintiffs were teenagers, and the other two were senior citizens. Browder was 37 at the time. Jeanetta Reese withdrew from the case soon after it was filed because of intimidation from the white community. On December 17, 1956, the Supreme Court upheld a previous ruling. It issued a court order to the state of Alabama to desegregate its buses. Thus the Montgomery bus boycott ended after 381 days
Rufus Lewis
No full textRufus Andrews Lewis (1906-1999), Civil Rights Activist, Politician. His parents were Lula and Jerry Lewis. He graduated from Fisk University in 1931 with a degree in business administration. Lewis wed Jule Adelaide Clayton in 1935 and had 4 children. He taught school for one year at the Conecuh County Training School and one year at the People’s Village school. Then he moved back to Montgomery to work at Alabama State College as a football coach and librarian. Lewis was a member of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church and a founding member of the MIA. He served on the organization's executive committee and chaired the transportation committee and the voter registration committee. At the organization's first meeting, Lewis nominated Martin Luther King Jr. as president.
In 1960, Lewis helped to found the Alabama Democratic Conference. He attended the official signing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 at the White House. In 1976, he was elected to the Alabama House of Representatives. In 1977 Jimmy Carter appointed him a US Marshal
Uriah J. Fields
No full textUriah J. Fields (1930), Civil Rights Activist, Minister. He was raised in Sunflower, Alabama and graduated from McIntosh Union High School in Washington County, Alabama in 1948. Six months after moving Mobile, Fields served three year stint in the United States Army. On December 1, 1955 Rosa Parks was arrested, four Ministers met at the Mt. Zion African American Episcopal Zion Church and organized the Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA) to give a structure for conducting the bus boycott and to protest the inhumane treatment the white establishment imposed on African Americans.
Fields served as recording secretary of the MIA during the first half of the 382-day long bus boycott that ended when the U. S. Supreme Court ruled that segregation on Montgomery buses was unconstitutional. In the wee hours of January 10, 1957, racists bombed four churches, including Bell Street Baptist Church
2020-2021 SGA President, David Hammond, Jr.
No full textDavid Hammond, Jr. is a Senior Communications, Radio and Television major. He hails from the “Fountain City” of Columbus, Georgia and is the son of Aliea Walker and David Hammond, Sr. He is a proud graduate of Central High School in Phenix City, Alabama. David served as the former SGA Secretary under the Plugged-in Administration. David is a proud former member of Street Team where he served as second and first Vice President, a member of the 2018-2019 Alabama State University cheerleading team, A.C.E.S. peer mentor, and is also an active Student Orientation Services leader. David’s future goals are to obtain a master’s degree in Higher Education and to be able to work in the office of student affairs at an HBCU. When asked what makes him the best fit for the SGA President position, his answer was, “I feel like I have the leadership skills to lead our students in the right direction.” David believes in the motto “Favor isn’t fair but it’s over him.
2005-2006 Miss ASU, Randi Hill
No full textRandi Hill served as Miss Alabama State University in the academic year 2005-2006
1961-1962 Miss ASU, Barbara Jackson
No full textBarbara Jackson, served as Miss Alabama State University in the academic year 1961-1962
1978-1979 Miss ASU, Debbie Annette Dean
No full textDebbie Annette Dean served as Miss Alabama State University in the academic year 1977-1978
2012-2013 Miss ASU, Raven Washington
No full textRaven Washington served as Miss Alabama State University in the academic year 2012-2013
1973-1974 Miss ASU, Deborah Yvonne Duncan
No full textDeborah Yvonne Duncan, an Accounting major, served as Miss Alabama State University in the academic year 1972-1973
1971-1972 Miss ASU, Carol Ann Shepard
No full textCarol Ann Shepard, from Mobile, AL, served as Miss Alabama State University in the academic year 1971-1972
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