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    • Enrollment record for West End School in Montgomery, Alabama.

    • Enrollment record for West End School in Montgomery, Alabama.

    • 1911

    • These pages record the individual students enrolled in different grades at the school. Each list gives the names of the students and their parents; their home addresses; the dates they entered school; and, when applicable, the dates and reasons for...

    • 2012-06-22
    • "$30 Reward."

    • "$30 Reward."

    • 1863-12-27

    • Advertisement offering a reward for the return of a Confederate soldier who ran away from Wayside Hospital in Demopolis, Alabama. The ad gives a full physical description.

    • 2010-01-25
    • "30 miles on a gallon / Economy that only Whippet owners enjoy."

    • "30 miles on a gallon / Economy that only Whippet owners enjoy."

    • 1926-10-04

    • Advertisement for Whippet automobiles from the Willys-Knight Overland Co. in Birmingham, Alabama: "Smoothness of course - and all the power and performance any light car can offer...PLUS the greatest gasoline economy the world has ever known -...

    • 2011-11-21
    • "483 Acres / Chattahooche Land for Sale."

    • "483 Acres / Chattahooche Land for Sale."

    • 1849-10-16

    • Advertisement for the sale of a 483-acre plantation in Henry County, Alabama. Each section of land is described, and several buildings are included ("a good gin house and screw, and a comfortable log cabin...negro houses, corn cribs, stalls, &c.")....

    • 2009-08-24
    • "'Because'...it is Convenient and Simple."

    • "'Because'...it is Convenient and Simple."

    • 1936-04-16

    • Advertisement for electric kitchen appliances from Alabama Power Company: "Can you wonder that women who own modern Electric Ranges are proud of their kitchens? You, too, can BEGIN BEING PROUD OF YOUR KITCHEN." The company advises readers to...

    • 2010-07-27
    • "Alabama Council Newsletter," Volume 3, Number 1.

    • "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
    • "Alabama Mills Closed 100 P. C. Is Union Claim."

    • "Alabama Mills Closed 100 P. C. Is Union Claim."

    • 1934-07-17

    • "25,000 Workers Walk Out From Their Jobs / No Disorders Marked Opening of Strike / Six Points Contained in Demands Of Workers For Ending Shut-Down." This article discusses the statewide textile strike by members of the United Textile Workers of...

    • 2010-07-27
    • "Alabama Out of the Union!"

    • "Alabama Out of the Union!"

    • 1861-01-16

    • "The Vote Sixty-One to Thirty-Nine!! A Glorious Day!!!" This article announces Alabama's secession from the Union: "Truly, this is glory enough for one day. Our citizens are hailing the new era with demonstrations of profoundest emotion. The...

    • 2010-01-25
    • "Alabama Will Secede."

    • "Alabama Will Secede."

    • 1861-01-09

    • This article discusses the likeliness that Alabama will secede from the Union: "A large majority of the members of our Convention will not hesitate a moment to co-operate with South Carolina, Florida and Mississippi in the formation of a Southern...

    • 2010-01-25
    • "Alabamians Assail Ad Backing Dr. King."

    • "Alabamians Assail Ad Backing Dr. King."

    • 1960-04-08

    • Article from The New York Times that discusses reaction to an advertisement published by the paper, requesting funds for the legal defense of Martin Luther King, Jr. Alabamians are indignant about claims the ad made against state officials and...

    • 2010-07-27
    • "An Old Man A Convict."

    • "An Old Man A Convict."

    • 1901-04-28

    • Letter from James Foster, a 68-year-old prisoner in Wetumpka, Alabama, to Governor W. J. Samford. In the letter Foster asks the governor to grant him parole. He acknowledges his guilt but argues that his good behavior makes him a worthy candidate...

    • 2010-04-23
    • "As to An Immigration Bureau."

    • "As to An Immigration Bureau."

    • 1902-11-07

    • This article reports that the German Immigration Society of Birmingham supports the establishment of a state immigration bureau and a commissioner who will be responsible for recruiting white farmers to Alabama. The Society stresses that it does...

    • 2010-01-25
    • "Back to Normalcy."

    • "Back to Normalcy."

    • 1929-10-26

    • This article argues that the stock market crash was inevitable because "the country had gone speculation mad"; while the country will suffer "painful consequences," the author predicts that "the shock will not be so severe as it has been on former...

    • 2010-01-25
    • "California Bound."

    • "California Bound."

    • 1849-10-16

    • Advertisement for the sale of an 83-acre farm in Henry County, Alabama. The nearby community of Lawrenceville "promises to become an interesting little village, being the situation of Prof. Spears recently established High School, and surrounded by...

    • 2009-08-24
    • "Civil Rights in Alabama."

    • "Civil Rights in Alabama."

    • 1874

    • In this message to the United States House of Representatives, President Ulysses S. Grant presents a statement he received from a group of African Americans in Montgomery, Alabama, who had assembled to discuss the "grave and menacing dangers that...

    • 2010-07-15

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