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ASU Today!!!! In 1867 a group of ex-slaves came together and formed this school that we know today as Alabama State University.ASU is a historical black college located in Montgomery, Alabama, but welcome to all different races. It was originally located in Marion, Alabama as Lincoln Normal School in 1867. ([|www.asu.com/stats and facts.com]) The school was a single room building next to a church, but in 1887 the school had burned down in a fire and made its official home in Montgomery Alabama. In 1975, the state legislative gave Alabama State University an independent board of trustee, which helped them to become a better school. During the year of 1925 George Washington Treholm became the forth president at ASU.In 1880, Sarah H. Baptist, Henrrietta H. Curtis, Emory A. Deyampert, Abner C. Loyton, Clara A. Watson, and Joshua F. Washington were the first six students to graduate from ASU.To represent all these great things that happened they have a museum located on 205 Lincoln street in Marion, Alabama 36756. (www.asu.com/stats and facts)

Montgomery is the second largest city in Alabama and at the moment holds a population of 200,000.It has very remarkable history starting with the civil rights movement. Several events took place here like the Montgomery bus boycott and Selma to Montgomery march. This historic place offers a lot of entertainment like the Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery Biscuits Baseball, Rosa Parks Museum and downtown district. It is located in the intersection on interstate 85 and interstate 65.This city is known for its bravery, past and future that has yet to come. ([|www.alasu.com/montgomery]) Since then they have built many monuments, which are Bell Tower, Equinox, Memorial Bell, and the Rosa Parks Monument, each of them celebrate a tradition of something that happened in the past. The Rosa Parks monument is a tribute to sacrifice for human rights and its located right in front of the entrance. The Bell tower was made in 1928 plus is their official seal and is known for its bell chimes. Equinox was made in 1974 as well as a sculpture that is a tribute to African Americans. Memorial bell is unlocked every February and rings on the day it was found. Each of these monuments has become one of ASU ionic images from the past. Now if you go there you can major in liberal arts, social science, business, education, health sciences, mathematics, technology, and visual and performing arts. It is built on a 135 –acres. George H. Lockhart gymnasium was built in 1939 and is a 47,553 square foot building. It is used for physical education known as P.E.they has many sports such as football, baseball, softball, volleyball, bowling, golf, track, cross country, tennis, and soccer. There football record is currently 7-3.They lost 3 that were against Alabama A&M southern jaguars and Eastern Michigan. They take in more than 5,600 student’s year and have a little more than 1,000 employees. It is public and the tuition is around 4,008.Length of studies is four or more years. Alpha kappa Alpha and lota phi theta are sororities and fraternities open to members of this school.Dr William Harris is the current president. They have crowned Angel Moore as Mrs. Alabama State University, which means she has to go to all meetings, school fundraisers, and many more. More recently they have had the magic city classic, which is win they play Alabama A&M, and then have a big parade. This is very similar to the turkey day classics.ASU is a part of the BET black college tour, that takes place on November fourth 2011.The UNCF (United Negro College Fund) helps many students with scholarships and plays a major role in ASU. So all this means Alabama State University has much more to go. (www.asu.com/stats and facts) Works Cited Christine, Douglas. “Montgomery, Alabama.”USA Today Newspaper Source EBSCO, web Access, Oct 28, 2011 Moon, Fletcher.”Alabama state University (est.1867)”Freedom facts and first: 400 years of the African American civil rights experience (2009)81-82.History reference center “Stats and Facts.”__Alabama State University__. Alabama State  Found 1 November 2011 Brooks, Erik”Alabama state university “__Encyclopedia of Alabama__7-28-2008 