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- 5000 at Meeting Outline Boycott; Bullet Clips Bus.
- 1955-10-10
- Article from the Montgomery Advertiser.
- 2009-09-15
- "A Revolution Without Appeal To Arms, Free Of Blood, And A Peaceful Reign."
- 1931-04-07
- This article discusses and commends Mahatma Gandhi's plans for a "bloodless revolution" in India, comparing it to revolutionary wars in the United States, France, and Russia: "India contains more than 300,000,000 people. The demand for freedom is...
- 2010-07-27
- "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
- "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
- "Ballots, Bullets and Blood."
- "How Blacks Have Died for the Right to Vote." Leaflet issued by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Inside is a list of African Americans who were killed from 1955 to 1968: Lamar Smith, George W. Lee, Herbert Lee, Medgar...
- 2009-09-11
- "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
- "Documents on Human Rights in Alabama," compiled by the Inner-Citizens Committee, Inc., in Birmingham, Alabama.
- 1963-04-00
- Testimonies and images of five men who were victims of police violence during civil rights demonstrations in Birmingham.
- 2011-01-13
- "Heed Their Rising Voices."
- 1960-03-29
- Copy of an advertisement published in The New York Times by the Committee to Defend Martin Luther King and the Struggle for Freedom in the South. The ad describes nonviolent civil rights demonstrations across the South, specifically mentioning a...
- 2010-07-27
- "Integrated Bus Suggestions."
- 1956-12-19
- This flier was issued by the Montgomery Improvement Association after the end of the bus boycott.
- 2009-09-11
- "Internacional," the newsletter of the International Anti-Communist Brigade.
- 1964-03-01
- The main article in this issue discusses a Communist radio program targeting African American audiences in the South: "The Cuban Communists are pushing racial unrest throughout the South over the most powerful radio station in the world. Utilizing...
- 2010-01-25
- "Negroes' Most Urgent Needs."
- 1955-03
- Flier issued by African American citizens in Montgomery, Alabama, to expose the injustices and unacceptable living conditions affecting their community.
- 2009-09-11
- "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
- "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
- Brief and argument by Attorney General John Patterson in response to Martin Luther King, Jr.'s appeal to the Alabama Supreme Court.
- 1956-08-10
- King had been convicted on March 22 for his leadership in the Montgomery bus boycott.
- 2009-09-04
- Bus Boycott Conference Fails to Find Solution.
- 1955-12-09
- Article from the Montgomery Advertiser.
- 2009-09-15
- Certificate of judgment issued by the circuit court of Montgomery County in the case of L. B. Sullivan vs. The New York Times Co., Ralph D. Abernathy, Fred L. Shuttlesworth, S. S. Seay, Sr., and J. E. Lowery.
- 1960-11-03
- Sullivan, police commissioner of Montgomery, Alabama, had filed the libel suit against The New York Times in response to an advertisement published in the paper, soliciting funds for the legal defense of Martin Luther King, Jr. The Montgomery...
- 2010-07-27
- Letter from Albert J. Lingo in Birmingham, Alabama, to Bill Jones, press secretary for Governor George Wallace in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1965-10-15
- Lingo served as director of the Alabama Department of Public Safety from 1963 to 1965. In the letter he discusses the book Jones is writing about the governor, which blames Lingo for the violence that occurred in Selma on March 7: "You know as well...
- 2010-04-23
- Letter from C. S. Davis in Wichita, Kansas, to Judge Eugene W. Carter in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1956-02-24
- In the letter Davis criticizes segregationist policies in Alabama: "Segregation is worse than cancer, communism or letting some one slap your mother." He compares the state to a Soviet nation and also mentions pamphlets that his colleagues will be...
- 2009-09-04
- Letter from Calvin F. Craig, Grand Dragon of Georgia for the United Klans of America, and the response from the Alabama Legislative Commission to Preserve the Peace in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1965-04
- In the first letter, dated April 5, 1965, Craig writes Governor George Wallace to ask for photographs of the Selma to Montgomery March and for information about the Alabama Legislative Commission to Preserve the Peace. He mentions that he is...
- 2010-01-28
- Letter from Carleton S. Lentz in Anniston, Alabama, to Judge George Wallace in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1962-11-17
- In the letter Lentz expresses her support for Wallace but questions his "extreme stand on the segregation issue." She asks him to adopt a moderate, peaceful approach during his term: "I am writing to implore you to break your campaign promise,...
- 2011-01-13