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- "Ballots, Bullets and Blood."
- "How Blacks Have Died for the Right to Vote." Leaflet issued by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Inside is a list of African Americans who were killed from 1955 to 1968: Lamar Smith, George W. Lee, Herbert Lee, Medgar...
- 2009-09-11
- Excerpts from THE CODE OF ALABAMA, compiled by John J. Ormond, Arthur P. Bagby, and George Goldthwaite.
- 1852-00-00
- Included here are the title page and the slave code of 1852, which also gives laws governing "free negroes" and "free colored mariners."
- 2010-11-12
- Diary kept by Alpheus Baker in 1862, while serving in the 1st and 54th Alabama Infantry regiments.
- 1862
- In the diary Baker discusses the movements of the 1st and 54th Alabama Infantry regiments; life in camp; the siege of New Madrid, Missouri; his capture at Island 10; and his experiences at the Union prisons of Camp Chase and Johnson's Island in...
- 2012-01-25
- Excerpts from a speech delivered by I. T. Tichenor, pastor of the First Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1865
- Tichenor describes the postwar situation for the freed slaves from a paternalistic viewpoint: "Four millions of human beings, under the influence of a misguided philanthropy, have been rendered destitute of homes, protection, and comfort, and have...
- 2009-06-25
- Newspaper clipping of letters between Dr. Noah B. Cloud, Alabama's state superintendent of public instruction, and H. S. Whitfield, superintendent of Tuscaloosa County, Alabama.
- 1869-06-10
- In the first letter Dr. Cloud reprimands Whitfield because Tuscaloosa County has not provided enough schools for its African American children: "...you have reported 44 white schools, and only 2 colored, which is not in accordance with the school...
- 2009-09-14
- Letter from W. D. Drisk, a teacher in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, to Governor William Hugh Smith in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1869-06-14
- In the letter Drisk explains that he has not been paid for his work because the county has not provided enough schools for African American children: "During four months of the past winter I taught in this city the children of freedmen having been...
- 2009-09-15
- Letter from three county officials in Jacksonville, Alabama, to Governor William Hugh Smith.
- 1869-08-07
- In the letter the men ask the governor to intervene on behalf of the Republicans in Calhoun County, who have been threatened and shunned because of their political views. They describe the threats and hostilities, including those against African...
- 2009-09-15
- Letter from Jasper N. Haney in Selma, Alabama, to Republican voters in Dallas County.
- 1874-06-11
- Haney warns against candidates who claim to be Republicans but work against the party once elected. He focuses on Judge George H. Craig in particular, accusing him of abandoning Republican principles and favoring white constituents over African...
- 2009-06-25
- Opelika City Council minute book, which was used from March 1876 to March 1879.
- 1876
- The first page included here discusses officers of the council and their salaries. The second page discusses the sale of lots in the "colored" cemetery and a new city ordinance that makes it unlawful to "carry on any barber business" on the...
- 2009-09-15
- "Colored Citizens Mass Meeting."
- 1900
- Flyer for a prohibition meeting organized by African American ministers in Birmingham, Alabama. The meeting was held "to protest against colored women visiting barrooms and barroom premises. Also against children visiting such places, for whisky...
- 2010-11-12
- "Race Separation in the Street Cars."
- 1902-11-05
- This article compares street car ordinances in Mobile and New Orleans: "Of the two the Mobile law seems to be the best, for it does not require the making of separate compartments in the cars, but simply that white passengers shall be seated in the...
- 2010-01-25
- "Ignoring the Segregation Ordinance."
- 1902-12-02
- This article reports that the president of the Mobile Light and Railroad Company is challenging the new city ordinance requiring white and African American passengers to be seated in separate sections on street cars. His company is having trouble...
- 2010-01-25
- Letter from George B. Ward, president of the Birmingham City Commission, to Senator John Bankhead in Washington, D.C.
- 1917-05-21
- In the letter Ward encloses the "Official Garden Calendar" that was sent out to encourage citizens to grow their own gardens. The handout includes information about crop rotation, growing seasons, and food preservation; the city plans "to install...
- 2010-12-07
- Letter from Booker T. Washington, Jr., at Tuskegee Institute, to Lloyd M. Hooper, chairman of the State Council of Defense in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1918-06-06
- In the letter Washington provides a list of "capable and patriotic colored men and women whom you could call on for war work." Most of the people listed are educators at schools throughout the state. (This letter was written by the son of the...
- 2010-12-07
- Correspondence to Governor Benjamin Miller, discussing violence in Camp Hill, Alabama, between members of the Alabama Sharecroppers Union and county officials.
- 1931-07
- The ASCU was established by the Communist Party in 1931, and most of its members were African Americans. The letters are from L. N. Duncan, director of the Alabama Cooperative Extension Service, and Bradford Knapp, president of Auburn University....
- 2009-09-15
- Letters between Walton H. Craft in Mobile, Alabama, and Governor Chauncey Sparks in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1944-09
- In the first letter, written September 6, 1944, Craft complains about African American passengers on city buses in Mobile: "A condition has been in effect here in Mobile since the War began...of some of the drivers of the City Lines allowing the...
- 2010-01-28
- Letter from U. J. Robinson, general secretary of the Alabama Baptist State Convention, to Governor Chauncey Sparks, and the response from the governor's secretary.
- 1944-09
- In the first letter, written September 15, 1944, Robinson comments on growing racial tension in the state and suggests that the governor call a biracial meeting to discuss the best way to deal with the situation: "I find there is a growing...
- 2010-01-28
- Report issued by the Macon County Committee of the Alabama legislature.
- 1958-10-03
- The Macon County Committee was created to study the possibility of abolishing the county or redrawing its boundary. The report discusses the public hearings held during the Committee's investigation and specifically describes the presentation of C....
- 2010-04-23