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{{Infobox Bham neighborhood
{{Infobox Bham neighborhood
| name=Wahouma
| name=Wahouma
| district=[[Birmingham City Council District 4|4]], [[Birmingham City Council District 5|5]]  
| district=[[Birmingham City Council District 2|2]], [[Birmingham City Council District 4|4]], [[Birmingham City Council District 5|5]]  
| community=East Lake
| community=East Lake
| location=East Lake Full Gospel Baptist Church
| population= 1,028
| map=({{Locate_address_inline | address = 7220+4th+Avenue+N | zoom=17 | type=h }})
| location=East Lake Church of God
| map=({{Locate_address_inline | address = 7132+1st+Avenue+North | zoom=17 | type=h }})
| meetingtime=1st Thursday
| meetingtime=1st Thursday
| president=Pat Johnson
| president=Robert Johnson (Wahouma)
| website=
| website=
| nmap= [https://gisweb.birminghamal.gov/StandardMaps/Neighborhoods/11x17/Wahouma.pdf Wahouma]
}}
}}


'''Wahouma''' is a [[List of Birmingham neighborhoods|neighborhood]] in the [[East Lake community]] of [[Birmingham]]. Centered around [[Wahouma Park]], the neighborhood is bounded by [[1st Avenue North]] to the south and [[I-59]] to the north, from the {{I-20/59}} split on the west to [[80th Street South|80th Street]] on the east. It is encircled by the [[North East Lake]], [[South East Lake]], [[East Lake neighborhood|East Lake]], [[South Woodlawn]], and [[Woodlawn neighborhood|Woodlawn]] neighborhoods.
'''Wahouma''' is a [[List of Birmingham neighborhoods|neighborhood]] in the [[East Lake community]] of [[Birmingham]]. Centered around [[Wahouma Park]], the neighborhood is bounded by [[1st Avenue North]] to the south and [[I-59]] to the north, from the {{I-20/59}} split on the west to [[80th Street North|80th Street]] on the east. It is encircled by the [[North East Lake]], [[South East Lake]], [[East Lake neighborhood|East Lake]], [[South Woodlawn]], and [[Woodlawn neighborhood|Woodlawn]] neighborhoods.
 
The name "Wahouma" is a variant of "Ruhama", an aboriginal name for the area first settled by white families in the 1810s. The [[Nathan Bedford Forrest Klan No. 60]] constructed a [[Wahouma Ku Klux Klan building|2-story brick meeting house]] on the corner of [[Edmonds Street]] and [[1st Avenue North]] in Wahouma in [[1925]]. In August [[1928]] the group held a political rally during which they lynched an effigy of New York Governor and presidential candidate Al Smith.
 
[[Wahouma Park]] was proposed as the site of a new high school football stadium in [[1963]], but the site was rejected in favor of the present [[Lawson Field]] site due to plans for [[I-59]] to run through the site. Eventually the interstate route was pushed northward, reinforcing the division between Black neighborhoods north of the park and white communities to the south.


Most of Wahouma is in [[Birmingham City Council District 5]], with the extreme southwestern end in [[Birmingham City Council District 4|District 4]]. School age children in the neighborhood attend [[Barrett Elementary School]], [[Ossie Ware Middle School]], and [[Woodlawn High School]]. The only public building in the neighborhood is the former [[Kennedy School]].
Most of Wahouma is in [[Birmingham City Council District 5]], with the extreme southwestern end in [[Birmingham City Council District 4|District 4]]. School age children in the neighborhood attend [[Barrett Elementary School]], [[Ossie Ware Middle School]], and [[Woodlawn High School]]. The only public building in the neighborhood is the former [[Kennedy School]].


[[Pat Johnson]] is president of the Wahouma Neighborhood Association, which meets on the 1st Thursday of each month at [[East Lake Full Gospel Baptist Church]] on [[4th Avenue North]]. [[Robert L. Walker]] is vice-president and [[Patricia Thomas]] is secretary.
[[Robert Johnson (Wahouma)|Robert Johnson]] is president of the '''Wahouma Neighborhood Association''', which meets on the 1st Thursday of each month at [[East Lake Church of God]] on [[1st Avenue North]].


==History==
==Neighborhood presidents==
The name "Wahouma" is a variant of "Ruhama", an aboriginal name for the area first settled by white families in the 1810s.
* [[Pat Johnson]], 2002-
* [[Pat Johnson]]/[[Robert L. Walker]], 2006-
* [[Pat Johnson]], 2010-
* [[Robert Johnson (Wahouma)|Robert Johnson]], 2016-


The Wahouma Den, #60, of the [[Nathan Bedford Forrest Klavern]] constructed a 2-story brick meeting house on the corner of [[Edmonds Street]] and [[1st Avenue North]] in Wahouma in [[1925]]. In August [[1928]] the group held a political rally during which they lynched an effigy of New York Governor and presidential candidate Al Smith.
==Demographics==
 
* 2010: 1,254 (88.9% Black)
[[Wahouma Park]] was proposed as the site of a new high school football stadium in [[1963]], but the site was rejected in favor of the present [[Lawson Field]] site due to plans for [[I-59]] to run through the site. Eventually the interstate route was pushed northward, reinforcing the division between Black neighborhoods north of the park and white communities to the south.
* 2020: 1,028 (76.5% Black)


==References==
==References==

Latest revision as of 12:52, 12 September 2021

Wahouma
Seal of birmingham.jpg
 Birmingham neighborhoods
District(s) 2, 4, 5
Community East Lake
Population 1,028
Area N/A
President Robert Johnson (Wahouma)
Meeting site East Lake Church of God, (map)
Meeting day 1st Thursday
Website
Neighborhood map Wahouma

Wahouma is a neighborhood in the East Lake community of Birmingham. Centered around Wahouma Park, the neighborhood is bounded by 1st Avenue North to the south and I-59 to the north, from the I-20/59 split on the west to 80th Street on the east. It is encircled by the North East Lake, South East Lake, East Lake, South Woodlawn, and Woodlawn neighborhoods.

The name "Wahouma" is a variant of "Ruhama", an aboriginal name for the area first settled by white families in the 1810s. The Nathan Bedford Forrest Klan No. 60 constructed a 2-story brick meeting house on the corner of Edmonds Street and 1st Avenue North in Wahouma in 1925. In August 1928 the group held a political rally during which they lynched an effigy of New York Governor and presidential candidate Al Smith.

Wahouma Park was proposed as the site of a new high school football stadium in 1963, but the site was rejected in favor of the present Lawson Field site due to plans for I-59 to run through the site. Eventually the interstate route was pushed northward, reinforcing the division between Black neighborhoods north of the park and white communities to the south.

Most of Wahouma is in Birmingham City Council District 5, with the extreme southwestern end in District 4. School age children in the neighborhood attend Barrett Elementary School, Ossie Ware Middle School, and Woodlawn High School. The only public building in the neighborhood is the former Kennedy School.

Robert Johnson is president of the Wahouma Neighborhood Association, which meets on the 1st Thursday of each month at East Lake Church of God on 1st Avenue North.

Neighborhood presidents

Demographics

  • 2010: 1,254 (88.9% Black)
  • 2020: 1,028 (76.5% Black)

References

  • "Smith Hanged in Effigy; Alabama Klansmen Denounce Pope and Houston Steam Roller." (July 8, 1928) The New York Times
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