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- "Come to The East Alabama Ku Klux Klan Rally Day at Opelika District Fair."
- 1825-10-27
- This advertisement appeared in the Opelika Daily News.
- 2009-09-11
- Telegram from R. Starkweather, a teacher in Stevenson, Alabama, to General Crawford.
- 1870-03-01
- In the message Starkweather asks for military assistance to protect the city from Klan violence: "Guard needed here--Civil guard overpowered and prisoner taken out by Ku Klux, our lives in danger--Officer in charge refused to stay."
- 2009-09-15
- Letter from Cornelia Bibb Vaughan in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, to Governor William Hugh Smith.
- 1870-04-20
- In the letter Mrs. Vaughan explains that her husband, Vernon Henry Vaughan, has been arrested for being a "defiant Republican." The Ku Klux Klan has threatened their entire family, and they are no longer safe in the city: "They put him in jail...
- 2009-09-15
- Letter from Sheriff W. L. Guin in Vernon, Alabama, to Governor William Hugh Smith.
- 1870-04-26
- In the letter Guin, the sheriff of Sanford County (present-day Lamar County) describes violence against African American citizens in Fayette County. He gives details about six murders that have occurred in the last few months; the guilty parties...
- 2009-09-15
- "Official Document" from the Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan in Alabama.
- 1926-06
- This publication includes articles on issues of interest to Klansmen, such as foreign-born citizens in the government; freemasonry; God and America; alien employment and deportation; and the rules and activities of the organization. The...
- 2010-01-28
- "Alabama Council Newsletter," Volume 3, Number 1.
- 1957-06-00
- This newsletter was published by the Alabama Council on Human Relations, Inc., "An Organization to Attain, Through Research and Action, Equal Opportunities for All People of Alabama." This issue includes articles on "segregation by intimidation"...
- 2010-01-28
- Letters between William A. Stewart, regional director of the National Conference of Christians & Jews, Inc., in Birmingham, Alabama, and Governor James E. Folsom in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1957-08-00
- In the first letter, written August 17, 1957, Stewart praises Folsom for his recent action against Ku Klux Klan demonstrations in the state: "I truly believe that thousands of decent voters in this state have been hoping such action would be taken...
- 2010-01-28
- Letter from Bertha Wallis in Atlanta, Georgia, to Governor Jim Folsom in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1957-08-14
- In the letter Wallis, a field worker for the Home Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, criticizes the recent activities of the Ku Klux Klan in Alabama and encourages the governor to intervene: "Alabama is getting black marks that I...
- 2009-09-04