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Alabama Textual Materials Collection
  • Description: reports
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    • "Stocks Dip to Lows After Rally from Panicky Sales."

    • "Stocks Dip to Lows After Rally from Panicky Sales."

    • 1929-10-29

    • This article reports than an Iowan senator has predicted nationwide panic and bankruptcy because of the ongoing declines on Wall Street. The article also describes stock market conditions after "Black Tuesday," mentioning efforts by financial...

    • 2010-01-25
    • "Boycott of the Cars."

    • "Boycott of the Cars."

    • 1902-11-11

    • This article reports that African Americans in Mobile are still boycotting street railroads to protest a new segregation ordinance; it also mentions that "several cases of negroes being reviled for riding on the cars have been reported."

    • 2010-01-25
    • "Pensacola's Street Car Boycott by Negroes."

    • "Pensacola's Street Car Boycott by Negroes."

    • 1905-05-17

    • This article reports that African Americans in Pensacola, Florida, are boycotting street railroads to protest a proposed segregation ordinance. The article argues that while this response is common in cities with similar laws, the boycotts are...

    • 2010-01-25
    • "The Lease of State Convicts."

    • "The Lease of State Convicts."

    • 1902-11-09

    • This article reports that state convicts will no longer be leased to coal mines in Alabama: "This determination has been brought about by the advice of Physician Inspector Bragg, who says a change in conditions is necessary to preserve the life and...

    • 2010-01-25
    • "Prices Collapse As Stock Mart Goes 'Haywire.'"

    • "Prices Collapse As Stock Mart Goes 'Haywire.'"

    • 1929-10-29

    • This article reports that stock prices have continued to fall after the crash on October 24 ("Black Thursday"). Though financial leaders who met to discuss the matter seem to take "a more hopeful view of the situation," the floor of the stock...

    • 2010-01-25
    • "Separation Law Ignored."

    • "Separation Law Ignored."

    • 1902-12-02

    • This article reports that the city ordinance segregating street cars is still in force, despite a local company's decision to ignore it. The head of the Mobile Light and Railroad Company adopted this policy because of uncooperative passengers and...

    • 2010-01-25
    • "The Agree That Business is Sound."

    • "The Agree That Business is Sound."

    • 1929-10-29

    • This article reports that the country's financial leaders do not believe that the stock market crash will have long-lasting negative effects on business: "All business and industrial leaders and all persons in official positions whose opinion is...

    • 2010-01-25
    • "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
    • "Conditions Good, Says President."

    • "Conditions Good, Says President."

    • 1929-10-26

    • This article reports that the nation's financial condition is sound despite the stock market crash on October 24 ("Black Thursday"): "The fundamental business of the country is on a sound and profitable basis, President Hoover asserted Friday, in a...

    • 2010-01-25
    • "Wall Street Is Under Guard of Reserve Police."

    • "Wall Street Is Under Guard of Reserve Police."

    • 1929-10-25

    • This article reports that the police commissioner of New York has ordered over five hundred extra patrolmen and detectives to Wall Street to protect the area from possible chaos during the stock market decline. The commissioner has also warned...

    • 2010-01-25
    • "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
    • "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
    • "Many Issues Fall to Low Levels on Wave of Selling."

    • "Many Issues Fall to Low Levels on Wave of Selling."

    • 1929-10-28

    • This article, written the day before "Black Tuesday," reports that "prices broke wide open" in the stock market during the day: "Many of the leaders sold close to the low levels established in last Thursday's dramatic collapse in prices, and some...

    • 2010-01-25

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