Greensboro, Alabama
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Greensboro is a city in Hale County, Alabama, United States. At the 2010 census the population was 2,497, down from 2,731 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Hale County, Alabama, which was not organized until 1867. It is part of the Tuscaloosa, Alabama Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Main Street in Greensboro
Magnolia Hall, also known as the McCrary-Otts House, on Otts Street
St. Paul's Episcopal Church on Church Street
The Safe House Black Historic Museum in Greensboro. Martin Luther King Jr. hid here in 1968 to avoid the Ku Klux Klan. The home is now a museum documenting African-American history and the Civil Rights Movement.
Hale County, Alabama
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Hale County is a county located in the west central portion of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2020 census, the population was 14,785. Its county seat is Greensboro. It is named in honor of Confederate officer Stephen Fowler Hale.
Hale County Courthouse and Confederate statue in Greensboro
The Safe House Museum in Greensboro; in 1968 its owner sheltered Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. from Ku Klux Klan members in the area