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- Telegram from Governor George C. Wallace to President John F. Kennedy in Washington, D.C.
- 1962-05-00
- In the message Wallace protests the dispatch of federal forces to Birmingham, which he insists are now "on duty" although the president has "publicly indicated that federal troops were only on a standby basis at military installations near...
- 2010-04-23
- Letters between G.L. Edwards in Selma, Alabama, and George H. Wright, member of the Auburn University board of trustees.
- 1962-00-00
- In the first letter Edwards protests the recent appearance of Ralph McGill, editor of the Atlanta Constitution, on an Auburn television station. On the program McGill criticized Alabama, "the people and their customs." Edwards also encloses a copy...
- 2010-11-08
- Telegram from Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth in Birmingham, Alabama, to Governor John Patterson in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1960-06-16
- In the message Shuttlesworth protests the dismissal of Dr. Lawrence D. Reddick from Alabama State College, and he criticizes the governor's suggestion that Dr. H. Councill Trenholm be removed from his position as president of the school: "To purge...
- 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
- "An Appeal Against the Rising Tide of Prejudice Against the Negro in the South."
- 1943-09-02
- Statement issued by James T. Mason, president of the Easonian Seminary, to the "Leaders of the White Race." In it Mason protests the mistreatment of African Americans: "This condition of affairs is becoming serious. Instead of the service rendered...
- 2010-01-28
- Excerpt from THE CRY OF THE CHILDREN: A STUDY OF CHILD LABOR by Bessie Van Vorst.
- 1908-00-00
- In this passage Van Vorst describes living and working conditions for employees of a textile mill in Anniston, Alabama. She gives specific details about the housing and operation of the factory, and she includes several interviews with children who...
- 2009-06-25
- Copy of a letter from Raphael Semmes, "en route from Mobile to New Orleans," to General Ulysses S. Grant.
- 1865-12-17
- In the letter to Semmes protests his arrest on December 15 and asks Grant to present the matter before the president. He claims the arrest is a violation of the parole he was granted after his surrender ("solemn military capitulation") at the end...
- 2009-10-16
- Transcript of a public meeting held by the Montgomery County Citizens' Council at Garrett Coliseum.
- 1961-06-08
- The meeting was led by Don Hallmark and featured the following speakers: Montgomery Mayor Earl James, Dr. Henry Lyon of Highland Avenue Baptist Church, Montgomery Citizens' Council Chairman Carl Herbert Lancaster, and Alabama Attorney General...
- 2011-09-12