CITY

Population:
11846 (2000 census)

County:
Macon County

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
Tuskegee Institute	1881

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Tom Joyner	Radio Personality	23-Nov-1949		The Tom Joyner Morning Show
Rosa Parks	Activist	4-Feb-1913	24-Oct-2005	Wouldn't sit in the back of the bus
Lionel Richie	Singer/Songwriter	20-Jun-1949		All Night Long, former Commodore
Robin Roberts	TV Personality	23-Nov-1960		Good Morning America
Sequoyah	Linguist	c. 1770	Aug-1843	Put the Cherokee language on paper

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
George Washington Carver	Botanist	c. 1860	5-Jan-1943	Crop rotation and peanut butter
Booker T. Washington	Educator	5-Apr-1856	14-Nov-1915	Founder, Tuskegee Institute

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