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- Letter from John P. Thomas, minister at St. Luke Methodist Church in Enterprise, Alabama, to Ed Strickland of the Alabama Legislative Commission to Preserve the Peace in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1968-03-06
- In the letter Thomas describes Bible school literature he recently saw that pictured Martin Luther King, Jr., and compared him with the apostle Paul. Thomas finds the material "repulsive" and asks Strickland if there is any evidence to confirm...
- 2010-01-28
- Letters between members of a subcommittee from the Alabama-West Florida Conference of the Methodist Church, and Edwin Strickland, staff director for the Alabama Legislative Commission to Preserve the Peace in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1964
- The subcommittee was investigating the National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA; the members contacted Strickland because the Alabama Legislative Commission to Preserve the Peace had already produced a report on the Council. In the first...
- 2010-01-28
- Letter from John Rutland, minister of Central Methodist Church in Decatur, Alabama, to Governor-elect George Wallace in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1962-11-16
- In the letter Rutland urges Wallace to cooperate with the federal government in upcoming integration efforts: "We Alabama Democrats see some things about our great national party that we do not like. However, we are Americans first. We know that...
- 2011-01-13
- 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
- Report of the settlement reached at the end of the strike at Lincoln Mills in Huntsville, Alabama.
- 1936-02-00
- The report gives the dates of the strike; the number of employees involved; the individuals who negotiated the settlement; a narrative describing the conflict; and the approximate losses to both the employees and local merchants. The narrative...
- 2011-01-13
- "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
- 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
- Letter from Lyn P. Saxon in Wetumpka, Alabama, to Bolling Hall.
- 1864-09-07
- In the letter Saxon explains that he hopes to visit with Hall soon ("I am now trying to make syrup and when through with it, as I hope to be in a few days, will be down"), and he discusses his "tythe of corn": "The receiver, here, will soon be...
- 2011-10-20
- Letter from Mary Ann Hall in Portland, Alabama, to her sister, Elizabeth Hall, probably in New York.
- 1862-08-14
- In the letter Mary Ann gives a detailed account of the death of her son, Edward, who died from consumption. A transcript is included.
- 2011-07-06
- Letter from W. B. Ray, church clerk of the Baptist Church of Christ at Antioch in Montgomery County, Alabama.
- 1859-12-18
- In the letter Ray confirms that Mary, a slave of the McQurter family, is a member of the church in good standing.
- 2009-06-25
- Resolution regarding the restoration of Jeffrey, a slave of J. J. Craig, to the Pisgah Presbyterian Church in Dallas County, Alabama.
- 1857-07-21
- Jeffrey's membership had been suspended in 1848 because he was charged "with having been in the habit of visiting one of Mr. B. A. Glasses [sic] negrohouses occupied by a woman of loose character named Phillis."
- 2009-06-25
- Excerpts from the reminiscences of James Wilson Shores, a circuit preacher for the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in central Alabama.
- 1851-00-00
- The excerpts, from 1851 and 1853, include lists of slaves preached to; lists of "promiscuous places preached at" (Shores uses "promiscuous" to mean "irregular"; that is, locations not on his regular circuit); and annual summaries of his work. When...
- 2009-06-25
- Pages from the Dallas County session book for the Pisgah Presbyterian Church in Cahaba, Alabama.
- 1834
- These pages give information about the organization and first members of the congregation. The last page lists African American members.
- 2009-06-25