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Welcome to Village Creek Society
In Honor of Dr. Mable B. Anderson
The beautiful life of Dr. Mabel Bell Anderson began on September 7. 1930, to the late I.C. Bell, Sr., and Beatrice Bell. She was the fifth child of eight children. Dr. Anderson accepted Christ at an early age at St. James Baptist Church. She was a faithful member of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church. She married the late Furman Anderson on June 7. 1958, and they were the proud parents of two children, a daughter Alameta Anderson, and a son, Joseph Anderson. Dr. Mable Bell Anderson, age 89, of Birmingham, Alabama went to be with the Lord on March 1, 2020. She died peacefully at home surrounded by her family.
Accomplish Trailblazer
This trailblazing, elegant, black woman leader led an interesting, colorful, exciting, and fulfilled life, Dr. Anderson received her early education in the Birmingham public school system, attending Council Elementary School and A.H. Parker High school. She received a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology from Tuskegee University and a Master’s degree in Supervision from Michigan State University. She broke barriers when she became the first African American to receive a Doctorate in Development Psychology from Pennsylvania State University. Penn State honored her in 2015 with the Alumni Service Award. During her career, she has taught at several prestigious institutions: Penn State University, Tennessee State University, Western Kentucky University, State College of Arkansas, Michigan State, University of Georgia, Grambling State University, Miles College, Albany State University, and Fordham University. She was the programming coordinator at the Birmingham Board of Education, where she wrote a training manual and co-produced a training film. She established, organized, and staffed 44 kindergartens in one year. As a trailblazer, she spoke and trained in 25 of the 50 states on psycho-social factors in the development and behavior, self-concept, and behavior and adjustment in the family and society. She also addressed topics in the territory of Puerto Rico. She was the first black professor at Western Kentucky University and State College of Arkansas. She was the only speaker from the United States to present a research paper on “Public Policy and the Child Up to the Age of Consent” in Melbourne, Australia, in 1978. One of her greatest accomplishments was bringing the state and city together for environmental issues, mainly the flooding of Village Creek in the Ensley area.
Dr. Anderson created an s=enduring a legacy when she founded” The Village Creek Human & Environmental Justice Society, Inc.”, commonly called “The Village Creek Society (VCS. This nonprofit organization was founded in 1980, and incorporated in 1999. The VCS organization addresses the extensive flooding in the Ensley area and is presently concerned with keeping the creek clean and environmental restoration. Dr. Anderson become known as “The Creek Lady”. As a result of her work with VCS, President Clinton in 1999 declared the area an emergency disaster, which qualified it to received FEMA funds for the requested buy-out.
Dr. Anderson has received much recognition and received many awards for her service in the Birmingham community and others. In 2010, a street in the Ensley community was dedicated in honor of Dr. Mabel B. Anderson.
Accomplish Trailblazer
This trailblazing, elegant, black woman leader led an interesting, colorful, exciting, and fulfilled life, Dr. Anderson received her early education in the Birmingham public school system, attending Council Elementary School and A.H. Parker High school. She received a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology from Tuskegee University and a Master’s degree in Supervision from Michigan State University. She broke barriers when she became the first African American to receive a Doctorate in Development Psychology from Pennsylvania State University. Penn State honored her in 2015 with the Alumni Service Award. During her career, she has taught at several prestigious institutions: Penn State University, Tennessee State University, Western Kentucky University, State College of Arkansas, Michigan State, University of Georgia, Grambling State University, Miles College, Albany State University, and Fordham University. She was the programming coordinator at the Birmingham Board of Education, where she wrote a training manual and co-produced a training film. She established, organized, and staffed 44 kindergartens in one year. As a trailblazer, she spoke and trained in 25 of the 50 states on psycho-social factors in the development and behavior, self-concept, and behavior and adjustment in the family and society. She also addressed topics in the territory of Puerto Rico. She was the first black professor at Western Kentucky University and State College of Arkansas. She was the only speaker from the United States to present a research paper on “Public Policy and the Child Up to the Age of Consent” in Melbourne, Australia, in 1978. One of her greatest accomplishments was bringing the state and city together for environmental issues, mainly the flooding of Village Creek in the Ensley area.
Dr. Anderson created an s=enduring a legacy when she founded” The Village Creek Human & Environmental Justice Society, Inc.”, commonly called “The Village Creek Society (VCS. This nonprofit organization was founded in 1980, and incorporated in 1999. The VCS organization addresses the extensive flooding in the Ensley area and is presently concerned with keeping the creek clean and environmental restoration. Dr. Anderson become known as “The Creek Lady”. As a result of her work with VCS, President Clinton in 1999 declared the area an emergency disaster, which qualified it to received FEMA funds for the requested buy-out.
Dr. Anderson has received much recognition and received many awards for her service in the Birmingham community and others. In 2010, a street in the Ensley community was dedicated in honor of Dr. Mabel B. Anderson.
What is Village Creek?
Village Creek is a body of water that runs 44 miles through the City of Birmingham and Jefferson County. It starts at Roebuck and goes through East Lake, North Birmingham, Thomas, Moro Park Ensley, South Pratt to Bayview and into the Warrior River in the State of Alabama.
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