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'''Roosevelt''' (formerly '''Roosevelt City''') is a [[List of Birmingham neighborhoods|neighborhood]] on the southwestern corner of [[Birmingham]] in the [[Brownville community|Brownville]] community.
'''Roosevelt''' is a [[List of Birmingham neighborhoods|neighborhood]] on the southwestern corner of [[Birmingham]]. From [[1967]] to [[1988]] it was incorporated as an independent municipality. After being annexed into Birmingham, it was made part of the city's neighborhing [[Brownville community|Brownville]] community.
 
With help from attorney [[Orzell Billingsley]], Roosevelt City was incorporated as a [[List of Jefferson County municipalities|separate municipality]] in [[1967]] with [[Freddie Rogers]] as its first mayor. The community held a special election on [[July 12]], [[1988]] and voted 718 to 404 to be annexed into [[Birmingham]]. The vote was contested, but it was upheld by the [[Alabama Supreme Court]] in August [[1989]].


The neighborhood adjoins [[West Brownville]] to the east and the cities of [[Midfield]] to the north, [[Brighton]] to the west, and [[Lipscomb]] to the south. It is divided by [[Valley Creek]] and includes the [[Hudson Grove]] and [[Broadmoor]] subdivisions.
The neighborhood adjoins [[West Brownville]] to the east and the cities of [[Midfield]] to the north, [[Brighton]] to the west, and [[Lipscomb]] to the south. It is divided by [[Valley Creek]] and includes the [[Hudson Grove]] and [[Broadmoor]] subdivisions.
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[[Gwendolyn Swain]] is president of the Roosevelt Neighborhood Association. [[Rosie Turner]] is vice-president, and [[Mable Poindexter]] is secretary.
[[Gwendolyn Swain]] is president of the Roosevelt Neighborhood Association. [[Rosie Turner]] is vice-president, and [[Mable Poindexter]] is secretary.
==References==
* Douglas, Carlyle C. (August 1970) "[http://books.google.com/books?id=QrBv5xmgHfMC&lpg=PA104&pg=PA100#v=onepage&q&f=false Incorporation: A New Tactic For Saving Black Areas]." ''Ebony'' Vol. 25, No. 10, pp. 100-105


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Revision as of 11:45, 8 May 2015

This article is about the Birmingham neighborhood, for the former incorporated city, see Roosevelt City.
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President Gwendolyn Swain
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Roosevelt is a neighborhood on the southwestern corner of Birmingham. From 1967 to 1988 it was incorporated as an independent municipality. After being annexed into Birmingham, it was made part of the city's neighborhing Brownville community.

The neighborhood adjoins West Brownville to the east and the cities of Midfield to the north, Brighton to the west, and Lipscomb to the south. It is divided by Valley Creek and includes the Hudson Grove and Broadmoor subdivisions.

Roosevelt Park and the Roosevelt Recreation Center are located at 5904 Higan Avenue. The Housing Authority of the Birmingham District's Benjamin Greene Village project and its Roosevelt City Community Center are also located in Roosevelt. School students in the neighborhood attend Oxmoor K-8 School and Wenonah High School. The former Roosevelt Elementary School on Sugar Way Drive is now a preschool operated by Gunn Academy. The A. G. Gaston Elementary School on Oakwood Street closed in 2011 and is also a preschool, operated by First Baptist Church of Roosevelt's Premiere Academy. Birmingham Fire Station No. 11 is also in the Roosevelt neighborhood, at 4601 Bessemer Super Highway.

Gwendolyn Swain is president of the Roosevelt Neighborhood Association. Rosie Turner is vice-president, and Mable Poindexter is secretary.