The county seat of Macon County, Tuskegee was incorporated in 1843 and is home to Tuskegee University, a historically black university founded by Booker T. Washington in 1881.
Downtown Tuskegee
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Photograph by Justin Dubois
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The county seat of Macon County, Tuskegee was incorporated in 1843 and is home to Tuskegee University, a historically black university founded by Booker T. Washington in 1881.