Lincoln Normal School was founded in Perry County in 1867 by formerly enslaved African Americans. The school was soon designated a state teaching institution and eventually was moved to Alabama's capital city, Montgomery, where it became Alabama State University in 1969.
Lincoln Normal School
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Courtesy of Samford University Special Collections
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