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Subject: African Americans--Politics and government--Alabama

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- "Breakdown of White & Negro Voters" in Alabama counties.
- 1962
- Some counties only give voter totals with no division by race, and no figures are available for twenty-six counties. The data was compiled by the secretary of state from questionnaires issued to probate judges.
- 2011-01-13
- "Court's march order ends at Capitol."
- 1965-03-24
- This article from the Birmingham News discusses the extent of the order issued by U.S. District Judge Frank M. Johnson, which permitted and protected the Selma to Montgomery March: "The order.stops short of approving plans for a demonstration on...
- 2011-01-13
- "It Means a New Constitution."
- 1900-08-10
- This article comments on the Democratic victories in the recent election: "In our judgment, the result means a new Constitution for Alabama...The present one is out of date, imperfect and unfitted to present conditions...The perplexing, menacing...
- 2010-01-25
- "Joe Reed Says Negro Vote Will Decide Winner of Every Alabama State Office."
- 1970-04-25
- Article from the Alabama Journal, reporting on the recent gathering of the Alabama Democratic Conference (an African American political organization). The group met to decide which candidates to endorse in the upcoming election. The article quotes...
- 2010-11-08
- "Law Abiding Democrats to the Front!"
- 1877
- Leaflet addressed to Democrats in Dallas County, Alabama, urging them to vote for the "good and true men" of the party, who will not resort to illegal methods to gain political power: "They will tell you, that when bad men are elected to office,...
- 2009-06-25
- "Negro voter may cast deciding ballot Tuesday."
- 1966-11-06
- This article from the Birmingham News discusses the role of African American voters in Alabama's upcoming gubernatorial election. It examines the factors that will influence the "power of the Negro vote" in the three-way contest, including voter...
- 2011-01-13
- "Reply to the Anomymous [sic] 'Protest Against Woman's Suffrage in Alabama.'"
- 1919
- Leaflet from the Alabama Equal Suffrage Association refuting claims made in a protest against the proposed "Woman Suffrage Bill," which would have allowed the voters to decide whether or not to enfranchise women in the state. The association argues...
- 2009-09-15
- "Rooms of the Republican Executive Committee!"
- 1872
- Flier announcing the candidates for legislative office, which were chosen at a recent meeting of the Dallas County committee. Also included is a list of times and locations of meetings that will be held "[i]n order that all may be more enlightened...
- 2009-06-25
- "Selma's 'bloody Sunday' recalled after 10 years."
- 1975-03-02
- This article from the Mobile Press-Register recounts the events of "Bloody Sunday," which some citizens "claim.hastened the passage of the voting rights act by Congress" in 1965. It then examines current conditions for African Americans in the...
- 2011-01-13
- "They're After Wallace."
- 1970-04-13
- Article from The Dothan Eagle, which quotes several newspaper columns to "substantiate what Governor George Wallace has been saying all along--that outside money, pressures and influences are being used within Alabama to defeat him, that the...
- 2010-11-08
- "To All Honest Republicans of Dallas County, And especially those who met or are in sympathy with the Republican Conference held in the City of Selma, on the 11th day of May, 1878, in the interest of Reconciliation Among Republicans!"
- 1878
- Flier calling party members across the county to select delegates for the Republican County Convention, to be held on June 29, 1878. Also included is an account of the last meeting of the Republican County Executive Committee, when different sects...
- 2009-06-25
- "To the Republicans of Dallas!"
- Flier addressed to freedmen in Dallas County, Alabama, warning them of "recent converts to Republicanism" who will compete for their vote in the upcoming county elections. All the questionable candidates are mentioned, with evidence of their...
- 2009-06-25
- "Voter lists up by 31% after federal drive."
- 1966-10-02
- This article from the Birmingham News discusses the increase in the number of registered voters in Alabama following the Voting Rights Act of 1965: "It was an over-all gain of more than 31 per cent which affected the voter totals of virtually all...
- 2011-01-13
- "Was There a Black Bloc Vote???"
- 1970-05-00
- Flier listing votes cast for Albert Brewer and George Wallace during the Democratic primary, held on May 5, 1970. The figures are only reported from select voting districts in counties with large African American populations (Dallas, Jefferson,...
- 2010-11-08
- "Wet Marchers Pass Halfway Point."
- 1965-03-23
- This article from the Alabama Journal discusses the progress of the Selma to Montgomery March, describing conditions of the road and campsites; distances walked each day; protection provided by the National Guard; the leaders of the demonstration;...
- 2011-01-13
- Alabama Election News, volume 1, number 1.
- 1970-05-27
- This newsletter, a paid political advertisement by the Committee for an Informed Electorate, promotes George Wallace in the gubernatorial campaign. Many of the articles and advertisements focus on the support Albert Brewer (Wallace's opponent) is...
- 2010-11-08
- AN OPEN LETTER ON SUFFRAGE RESTRICTION, AND AGAINST CERTAIN PROPOSALS OF THE PLATFORM OF THE STATE CONVENTION by Edgar Gardner Murphy.
- 1901-00-00
- In the letter Murphy argues against the platform recently developed by the Alabama Democratic State Convention. The meeting was held only to choose delegates for the proposed constitutional convention; by adopting this platform and insisting that...
- 2009-09-30
- Excerpt from ROLL OF THE BLACK DUPES AND WHITE RENEGADES WHO VOTED IN MOBILE CITY AND COUNTY FOR THE MENAGERIE CONSTITUTION, FOR THE STATE OF ALABAMA.
- 1868
- The list is divided into three sections: "Whites," "Creoles," and "Negroes." The first two categories are on the first page, while the other pages are filled with the names of African American voters.
- 2009-06-25
- Excerpts from A DIGEST OF THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF ALABAMA, compiled by John G. Akin.
- 1833-00-00
- Included here are the title page and the slave code of 1833, which also gives laws governing "free persons of color."
- 2010-11-12
- Excerpts from IN SEARCH OF THE PROMISED LAND: A SLAVE FAMILY IN THE OLD SOUTH by John Hope Franklin and Loren Schweninger.
- 2006-00-00
- The passages describe the lives and contributions of three freedmen of the Rapier family. John H. Rapier, Jr., was a physician at the Freedmen's Hospital in Washington, D.C. John H. Rapier, Sr., a barber in Florence, Alabama, served as a voter...
- 2009-06-25