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- Excerpt from REMEMBERING JIM CROW: AFRICAN AMERICANS TELL ABOUT LIFE IN THE SEGREGATED SOUTH.
- 2001-00-00
- In this passage Leon Alexander, a coal miner and union organizer in Alabama, recalls living and working under Jim Crow laws and his early efforts to fight them. He discusses father's work in the United Mine Workers and the unsuccessful miners'...
- 2009-06-25
- Excerpt from THE CHEROKEE REMOVAL: A BRIEF HISTORY WITH DOCUMENTS.
- 1995-00-00
- This passage gives an account of the 1838 removal by Rebecca Neugin, who was three years old at the time. She mentions the possessions they carried, and she describes the traveling and living conditions during the journey. These memories were...
- 2009-09-04
- Excerpts from VOICES FROM ALABAMA: A TWENTIETH-CENTURY MOSAIC.
- 1993-00-00
- In the first passage C. E. Bracknell describes the living conditions and company school at Gobbler's Knob, a village for steelworkers in Jefferson County. The second passage includes accounts by E. L. Lovelady and C. E. Bracknell. Lovelady, who...
- 2009-06-25
- Excerpts from THE DIARY OF A CONFEDERATE SOLDIER by John Washington Inzer, edited by Mattie Lou Teague Crow.
- 1977-00-00
- During the Civil War Inzer served as a lieutenant colonel in the 58th Alabama Infantry Regiment, C.S.A. In the passages he describes fighting in the Battle of Missionary Ridge in Chattanooga, Tennessee, where he was captured; the poor treatment and...
- 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
- Report created by George Wallace's "protective detail" agents, documenting the governor's travel and activities during the 1972 presidential primaries.
- 1972
- The report covers March 20 to July 18, 1972; this includes the assassination attempt in Laurel, Maryland, on May 15 and Wallace's recovery. From the preface: "The information contained in the following report was taken from the shift reports from...
- 2012-06-22
- 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
- "Wallace for All Alabama."
- 1970-05-00
- Leaflet promoting George Wallace in the 1970 gubernatorial campaign. It lists "Seven Proven Reasons Why Wallace Can Do More for You as Governor!" These include his experience, leadership and motivation; plans to continue his wife's programs ("which...
- 2010-11-08
- "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
- Commemorative issue of the Huntsville News, dedicated to Dr. Wernher von Braun.
- 1970-02-27
- Von Braun was the director of the Marshall Space Flight Center from 1960 to 1970, when he moved to Washington, D.C., to serve as Deputy Associate Administrator for Planning at NASA. The newspaper printed this issue to celebrate the "von Braun era"...
- 2011-09-13
- Alabama Law, Act No. 67.
- 1969-05-19
- This resolution, passed by the Alabama Senate and House of Representatives, extends sympathy to the family of Frank Boykin after his death.
- 2009-09-15
- "Memorial Message: The Hon. Frank W. Boykin" by Dr. Joel D. McDavid.
- 1969-03-14
- This eulogy was given at Boykin's funeral by the minister of the Dauphin Way United Methodist Church in Mobile.
- 2009-09-15
- Memorial card for Frank W. Boykin.
- 1969-00-00
- This card, printed by Boykin's family after his death, expresses thanks for sympathy and support.
- 2009-09-15
- "Experimental College: Hexes To Guerrilla Training."
- 1968-09-25
- This article discusses the opening of the New Alabama Experimental College in Tuscaloosa. The school "gives no tests, no lectures and no credit" but rather "exists to offer the student the chance to explore issues, questions and topics which he...
- 2010-04-23
- Telegram from U.S. Secretary of State Dean Rusk in Washington, D.C., to Governor Lurleen Wallace in Montgomery, Alabama, regarding the drafting of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.
- 1967-08-24
- In the message Rusk discusses the draft of Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (also known as the Non-Proliferation Treaty, or NPT) recently agreed on by the United States and the Soviet Union and outlines future discussions. (The...
- 2012-01-27
- Letter from George Lambert in Huntsville, Alabama, to Governor Lurleen Wallace in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1967-04-11
- In the letter Lambert asks the governor to support state education by hiring more teachers; allowing local school boards and educators to control their systems; and cooperating "fully with the Federal Government to the mutual advantage of our State...
- 2009-09-04
- "Everything Is Made for Love (in Alabama)."
- 1967-00-00
- This song, a collaborative work by Boykin and two other men, sets the representative's favorite saying to music. Boykin spoke, wrote, and shouted it, so it was appropriate for him to sing "Everything is made for love" as well.
- 2009-09-15
- "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
- Letter from Frank W. Boykin to Edward Boykin.
- 1966-09-15
- In this letter Frank discusses business deals, upcoming trips, and the difficulties of publishing the book. He also mentions a large collection of his papers in storage, which were later damaged by water and had to be discarded.
- 2009-09-15
- Menu for the House of Representatives Restaurant at the U.S. Capitol.
- 1966-03-21
- This menu from the House restaurant in Washington, D.C., is signed by many of Boykin's friends and colleagues.
- 2009-09-15