BORN: Tuesday, February 06, 1900 in Montgomery, AL

HOME-GOING: Wednesday, May 18, 1966 in Birmingham, AL

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Henry Cooper, Jr. was a role model for for his nephews, Robert and Foy Barge. When their Father was in the military, Henry Cooper made the time to take them swiming, to the YMCA, and to college football games.

Henry's Biography

He married Louvenia Dancy in 1945.

Henry's Early Life

He attended Selma University High School. Even though the number of county training schools had been growing in Alabama, these institutions emphasized industrial education. By contrast, Selma University was one of the few schools in the Black Belt where blacks could enroll in liberal-arts high school and college programs. The debt on the institution was also liquidated during Pollard's tenure.

Selma University found that its college program was not competitive with other black Baptist schools in terms of numbers or quality of instruction because it emphasized elementary school through senior college education. Other historically black denominational schools had closed their pre-college programs in order to concentrate on a college curriculum, and the board of trustees and convention leadership agreed upon a similar course of action for Selma University.

Henry's Career as a Janitor to Union Representive

Henry Cooper was first employed by Alagasco as a Plant Tender in 1940. He was promoted to Operating Laborer in 1945 and then transferred to Janitor in 1953. He was on leave in 1966 serving as Representative for the International Union of District 50, United Mine Workers of America.

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I did not know this gentleman. I was born in
1953. But I do recognize my dearest Aunt
Pauline Hudson Barge. My Aunt was a major
figure in my life while she was alive and
continues to be in her transitional life.

Jessie Donal Hudson
"Donald Duck"

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