Cemeteries in Mount Meigs, Alabama

Private Cemeteries in Mount Meigs, Alabama often have specific restrictions, such as religious affiliation or family connections. Military Cemeteries in Mount Meigs, Alabama are primarily for veterans and individuals who have served in the armed forces, and in some cases, their family members. Public Cemeteries in Mount Meigs, Alabama are open to the general public without any particular restrictions.

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The Alabama Industrial School for Negro Children, now known as Mt. Meigs, was created over 100 years ago with the aim of rehabilitating Black children that got in trouble with the law. But that's not what happened. The children who went there were abused by the state and even referred to it as a “slave camp.”

The Black educator Cornelia Bowen opened the reform school in the early 20th century at the recommendation of Booker T. Washington, who saw the need for an alternative to adult prison for Black children who got into trouble.

History. In 1888, Cornelia Bowen was recommended by Booker T. Washington to establish a school for boys and girls in Mount Meigs area. Cornelia Bowen graduated from the Tuskegee Institute in 1885, a member of the first graduating class, and led the Mount Meigs Colored Institute until her death in 1934.