#Mobile Alabama

[kemetic-dreams]

Leroy Robert "Satchel" Paige was born on July 7, 1906, in Mobile, Alabama. Though many speculate it may have been more like 1903.

According to Paige, his mother sent him to earn money carrying luggage for businessmen at the train station, but he was frustrated with the little money it paid. So he rigged a pole to carry several bags at once to make the job pay better, and his co-workers purportedly told him, "You look like a walking satchel tree." And his nickname stuck.

At the age of 42 in 1948, Paige was the oldest major league rookie while playing for the Cleveland Indians. He played with the St. Louis Browns until age 47, and represented them in the All-Star Game in 1952 and 1953. He was the first player who had played in the Negro Leagues to pitch in the World Series, in 1948, and was the first electee of the Negro League Committee to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1971.

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[worldwide-blackfolk]

Never Forget ✊🏾🤟🏾👍🏾

#never forget #mobile alabama #river boat incident #folding chair #Alabama #blackfolk #black aquaman #2023 #stand your ground #self defense #montgomery alabama #August 5th

[amtrak-official]

Why in the hell does Mobile Alabama a city of over 100,000 people not have a fucking train station when places like Pensacola Florida and La Grange Kentucky, which have a grand total of 0 passenger trains, still have theirs, how the fuck do you make that mistake?

#yelling about news #sunset limited #mobile alabama

[muttball]

USS Alabama Battleship

USS Alabama (BB-60) is a retired battleship. She was the fourth and final member of the South Dakota class of fast battleships built for the United States Navy in the 1930s

#battleships #uss alabama #navy ships #muttball #travel photography #photography #travel america #mobile alabama #image by muttball

[globalriseofblackpeople]

Mobile Alabama 1956

#Alabama #gordon parks #1950s #black power #black history #history #history in color #black family #mobile alabama

[matthewgrantanson]

Wouldn’t Have Guessed, Mobile -- December 20th, 2021

#alabama #mobile #mobile alabama #south #the south #street photography #cityscape #skyline #photographers on tumblr #original photos

[theoriginalsademonique]

New Year New EVERYTHING!!!!

#mobile alabama #bgrp2sub #sademonique #melanin #bgrp2 blackgirlsrpretty2 #alabama #blackout #fashion #coronavirus #diy #sade #bgrp2 #black girls #selfie #diy projects #sade' monique #selfie love #summer

[issablogyall]

So, I was today years old when I found out that they throw cans of corn from Mardi Gras floats around Mobile AL. My fiancee treated a guy who got hit in the head with a can of corn and needed stitches.

#mobile alabama #mardi gras

[lawofcollage]

Based on where I graduated Undergrad, the Avenue of the Oaks.

#oaks #spring hill #spring hill college #mobile #alabama #mobile alabama #spring #flowers #oak #tree #trees #graduation #pretty

[kemetic-dreams]

Gordon Parks One of his most famous photographs shows a family gathered around a segregated water fountain in Mobile, Ala., in 1956. Parks' pictures showed the struggle of African Americans to gain equal rights during the civil rights movement, as well as depictions of poverty and racism across the country.

#african #gordan parks #kemetic dreams #mobile alabama #african american

[internationalpictures]

USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park, Mobile, Alabama

#photographers on tumblr #original photographers #mobile alabama #road trip #uss alabama

[amtrak-official]

Mobile's a big car city

Yes, but usually they at least have some form of a historic station or some shit, and Mobile has a rather large train yard so you'd think that there's a you know, BASIC FUCKING PIECE OF PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE

#mobile alabama #yelling about news #asks #this thing genuinely annoys me

[owen-not-carvour]

Most interesting fact you know?

these 5 words have me a Lot more stressed than they should Wow- (it’s like all my obscure knowledge goes away when i’m asked)

I gotta make sure I give y’all a good one soooooo

tbh idk here’s one abt my almost hometown that I think is cool though.

in mobile, al there used to be (as in around the time of the founding-early 1700s) these gangs that were basically the unofficial government. like they were lowkey the mafia and what they said went so the Actual gov (or whatever colonial equivalent they had at the time) just had to listen to them otherwise they risked facing their wrath themselves.

however these guys (i think i remember this right…) were actually not that bad! like, as usual, the government Sucked (partially bc it was like. legit incomplete) and if they even Had a police force, as per usual, they also sucked… so. enter These Guys! they would actually track down criminals who were let off and kill/torture/punish/Whatever them instead!

so people were like scared of them but because they were basically the only ones solving legit problems,, they were also respected.

best part, some of them were called the Buckets of Blood (which is a Sick name) and as more time passed and mobile became more developed, these gangs actually deviated and formed what became some of the earliest mardi gras orders and associations! (there was some other Actual History that happened in between this and that but. i don’t remember that much)

anyway that’s probably a lot more than you wanted but. there’s a Fact. :)

#this may not be entirely true #bc i technically learned this like 6 years ago #from a tour i used to take a LOT #but basically something along those lines is what happened #if y’all want more of my local history lmk i know a lot of it lol/hj #thanks for asking though!! #mobile alabama #local history #asks!

[seenbythe-sun]

Little puddles on the lily pads

Glenn Sebastian Nature Trail, Mobile, Alabama

April 2022

#lily pads #waterlily #water lilies #spring blooms #bloom #puddles #white flowers #nature #mine #nature blog #vertical nature #still water #pond #nature walk #nature trail #mobile alabama #flowers #April

[powerlineprincess]

Mobile Alabama 2017 K.A.

#photographers on tumblr #regional gothic #artists on tumblr #southern gothic #photography #north carolina #gothic #country #alabama #mobile alabama #film photography #rural america #southern culture #portrait photography #girls who shoot film #country boys #country boy #motel aesthetic #roses #softcore #weirdcore #grunge #alt #tatted #chain #rolex