Our Roots
Birmingham, Alabama beginnings
The Muldrow story rises out of Birmingham, Alabama, where brothers Alvin and Cliff Muldrow came up. From that soil grew everything that followed. [Add the family's origin story here.]
The Muldrow Family
Our Story
A family is the sum of its stories. Here are ours, gathered so they are never lost.
The Builders
Hard work and faith
The generation that worked, saved, and built a foundation for everyone who came after. [Add names, places, and milestones here.]
Today
Carrying it forward
The family as it stands now, growing, thriving, and staying close. [Add today's family and what you're building.]
Tomorrow
The next generation
The promises we make to the children who will one day tell this story. [Add your hopes for what comes next.]
The People Who Made Us
Family Stories
Clifford “Cliff” Lundale Muldrow
Great-Uncle · Brother of Alvin
Born December 28, 1939 · Birmingham, Alabama
Cliff Muldrow built his name in Birmingham the way the family has always done it, with his own two hands. Starting with a service station in 1971, he grew a constellation of businesses across the city and became one of Birmingham's most respected Black entrepreneurs of his generation. He was a man who turned hustle into legacy, and his story is where the Muldrow drive comes from.
- Named Birmingham Business Person of the Year in 1985.
- Founder of Cliff's Gulf Service Station (1971), Cliff's Pit Stop Barbecue (1975), Cliff's Kwik Stop (1975), Cliff's Limousine Service (1976), Fashion's Etc. Hair Care Center (1977), and Fantasy/Queen Horse & Carriage Service (1985).
- Honored by Booker T. Washington Business College in 1974 and listed in Marquis Who's Who.
- When Michael Jackson and his brothers came to Birmingham in 1984, Cliff escorted them through the city in his limousine service.
- Married Queen Ester Sanders on December 21, 1958.
- His home on Wenonah Road remains a recognized Birmingham landmark.
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