Street Renamed to Honor Civil Rights Pioneer

Jul 3rd, 2007

The family of Dr. James H. Finley gathered at the Mobile City Council meeting on Tuesday, July 3, 2007 to celebrate the changing of the name of Dixie Street to James H. Finley Drive. Dr. Finley’s widow, Ms. Joycelyn Franklin Finley, accepted a resolution declaring the change and a ceremonial street marker. A sign dedication is being planned.

Dr. James H. Finley was a civil rights pioneer in Mobile, and opened Finley’s Drug Store #2, the first of a chain of Finley Drug Stores. The site of the original store will soon be memorialized as part of the Mobile African-American Heritage Trail.