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Farming For A Better Future, page 42
(Left) The Slave House and Pond at Preuit Oaks Plantation, 1986 (National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form) (Bottom Left) The Slave House Turned Tenant House at Preuit Oaks Plantation, 1986 (National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form)
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Pride School*
Pride School was a rural African American schoolhouse located on the east side of Hawk Pride Mountain Road, south of Lee Highway, about 2.5 miles east of the community of Pride. The earliest topographic map of the area is from 1925, which labels the school “Price School.” This spelling mistake is corrected the following year. However, the Pride School is not depicted on the 1954 USGS topographic map. According to the historical marker for Cherokee
(Below) 1925 USGS Topographic Map of Pride, Barton, Alabama Quadrangle (Bottom) 1936 USGS/TVA Topographic Map of Pride, Pride, Alabama Quadrangle
High School, Pride School was one of several smaller grammar schools that matriculated into Cherokee School.
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Ritz Theatre
Located on 3rd Street and Montgomery Avenue in downtown Sheffield is the Ritz Theatre. Opened in the summer of 1928, the theatre was one of several owned by Jewish business owner, Louis Rosenbaum. A Polish immigrant, Rosenbaum moved to Florence with his family in 1919. The Rosenbaums had one son, Stanley, who grew up in Florence and is known for his Usonian house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. According to an oral history given by Ms. Anita Cobb of Lauderdale County, the Jewish community was important to the well-being of the African American community. Ms. Cobb refers to leaders of the African American community meeting at “the Rosenbaum house” during the Civil Rights Movement.
* Indicates a Historical - Non-Extant Resource - (4570)