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    • ''The 'Jim Crow' Car."

    • ''The 'Jim Crow' Car."

    • 1896-05-19

    • This article discusses the decision of the United States Supreme Court in the case of Plessy versus Ferguson, which upheld a Louisiana law that required separate railroad cars for white and African American passengers; the court considered this...

    • 2010-01-25
    • "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
    • "An Act Regulating Indian Affairs" in the state of Georgia.

    • "An Act Regulating Indian Affairs" in the state of Georgia.

    • 1835

    • The act makes six provisions for dealing with the Cherokee Indian population of the state during the period of removal. First, it stipulates that U.S. citizens will not be allowed to emigrate to Indian reservations, include those Indians who were...

    • 2010-11-12
    • "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
    • "Ballots, Bullets and Blood."

    • "Ballots, Bullets and Blood."
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    • "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
    • "City Commission Determined to Keep Parks Segregated."

    • "City Commission Determined to Keep Parks Segregated."

    • 1958-12-23

    • This article discusses efforts in Montgomery to maintain segregated city parks: "...commissioners here, served with a copy of a complaint filed by Negroes in U.S. District Court, repeated earlier statements that come what may, parks in Montgomery...

    • 2010-01-25
    • "Flag of the Confederate States."

    • "Flag of the Confederate States."

    • 1861-03-06

    • Article discussing the first raising of the Confederate flag over the capitol; a description of the banner is included: "It consists of three bars of red and white. The upper red, middle white, lower red. The lower bar extends the whole width of...

    • 2010-01-25
    • "Homes Searched! Stores Searched!"

    • "Homes Searched! Stores Searched!"

    • 1909

    • "White Men Thrown Into Jail With Negro Criminals, Their Baggage Seized and Searched. For What?" Broadside opposing the proposed prohibition amendment to the Alabama constitution; it includes statements from several Alabama citizens whose property...

    • 2010-04-23
    • "Ignoring the Segregation Ordinance."

    • "Ignoring the Segregation Ordinance."

    • 1902-12-02

    • This article reports that the president of the Mobile Light and Railroad Company is challenging the new city ordinance requiring white and African American passengers to be seated in separate sections on street cars. His company is having trouble...

    • 2010-01-25
    • "Losses--Late War with Creek Indians, Alabama."

    • "Losses--Late War with Creek Indians, Alabama."

    • 1838

    • Report issued by the Committee of Claims of the United States House of Representatives, in response to a request made by the Alabama legislature after the recent Creek War: "...many of the citizens of Alabama...have been subjected to great...

    • 2010-07-15
    • "Miners, Fight To Win! Steel Workers, Strike!"

    • "Miners, Fight To Win! Steel Workers, Strike!"

    • 1934

    • Flier issued by the Communist Party in Birmingham, Alabama, urging local steel industry employees ("Working men and women, white and Negro!") to join the general miners' strike: "The miners' strike must be won! They can win the war against the NRA...

    • 2011-01-13
    • "Race Separation in the Street Cars."

    • "Race Separation in the Street Cars."

    • 1902-11-05

    • This article compares street car ordinances in Mobile and New Orleans: "Of the two the Mobile law seems to be the best, for it does not require the making of separate compartments in the cars, but simply that white passengers shall be seated in the...

    • 2010-01-25
    • "Race Separation."

    • "Race Separation."

    • 1900-08-11

    • This article cites a newspaper from Washington, D.C., which predicts that segregationist sentiment in the nation's capital will lead to "Jim Crow" street cars there: "What is true in Washington is true elsewhere, and especially in the South. The...

    • 2010-01-25
    • "Separation of Races."

    • "Separation of Races."

    • 1902-11-04

    • This article reports the reactions of both African American and white citizens to the new ordinance requiring segregation on Montgomery street cars: "As a rule no trouble was experienced and the only thing noticeable was the absence of negroes from...

    • 2010-01-25
    • "Strung Up."

    • "Strung Up."

    • 1889-01-16

    • Article from The Weekly Herald about the lynching of George Meadows at Pratt Mines in Jefferson County, Alabama. Meadows, an African American, was accused of assaulting a white woman and killing her young son.

    • 2009-09-18

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