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- "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
- "Bell Rings and Roar of Stock Market Subsides."
- 1929-10-25
- This article describes reaction to "Black Thursday," October 24, 1929; according to the author, the atmosphere of the stock exchange was mostly calm and businesslike while the public on the street was in a frenzy: "Looking down from the meager...
- 2010-01-25
- "By the President of the United States, a Proclamation."
- 1861-04-24
- Proclamation issued by President Abraham Lincoln in response to the secession of seven Southern states. He calls for 75,000 men from state militias to deal with the rebellious states, which are "too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course...
- 2010-01-25
- "Cars Not Boycotted."
- 1900-08-16
- This article describes the response of African American citizens to the ordinance recently passed by the Montgomery city council, which requires segregation on street cars. Although there is "no organized boycott," most African American preachers...
- 2010-01-25
- "German Diplomat Refuses to Admit Teuton Submarine Torpedoed Vessel."
- 1915-05-08
- This article describes the German ambassador's response to the news about the Lusitania; he refuses to admit that the ship was attacked by a German submarine, demanding proof about the cause of the ship's sinking.
- 2010-04-23
- "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
- "It Is Not To Be In Oak Park."
- 1958-08-27
- This editorial was written after African American citizens submitted a petition asking for Montgomery city parks to be integrated; the piece was reprinted on December 24 in response to a federal lawsuit filed to protest park segregation. The author...
- 2010-04-23
- "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
- "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
- "President Truman Might Attend Fishing Rodeo."
- This article gives President Truman's response to an invitation to the annual deep sea fishing rodeo held at Dauphin Island. From The Mobile Press-Register.
- 2009-09-15
- "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
- "Removal of the Capital."
- 1861-05-22
- This article responds to rumors that the Confederate capital will be moved from Montgomery, Alabama to Richmond, Virginia. The author argues that no change should be made because Montgomery is a central location with access to river and railroads;...
- 2010-01-25
- "Washington Seeks to Keep People of U.S. in Cool Mind."
- 1915-05-08
- This article describes the response of United States citizens and government officials to the news about the Lusitania: "The most significant feature of the situation created in America by the sinking of the Lusitania, as viewed by official...
- 2010-04-23
- 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
- DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN BOOK issued by the campaign committee of the Democratic Party of Alabama.
- 1892
- The pamphlet is divided into five chapters. The first sets forth the platform of the Democratic Party of Alabama, which includes the endorsement of the national Democratic platform adopted in 1892; support for President Grover Cleveland and...
- 2009-06-25
- Excerpt from PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION, OF ALABAMA, HELD IN THE CITY OF MONTGOMERY, ON THE 4TH DAY OF JUNE 1860.
- 1860-06-04
- This assembly of the Alabama Democrats plans to send delegates to the Democratic National Convention in Baltimore, despite the withdrawal of the state's delegation from the earlier meeting in Charleston: "There is a vacancy in the Delegation of...
- 2009-06-25
- 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
- Handbill of a letter from Governor Gabriel Moore to the members of the Alabama legislature.
- 1830-11-30
- Moore issued the handbill in response to two statements published by Colonel John McKinley, his opponent in the race for the United States Senate. The two men had been at odds since McKinley allegedly did not support Moore's nephew for the post of...
- 2010-06-09
- Letter from Colonel Charles McLemore of the 76th Regiment in Lafayette, Alabama, to Governor Clement C. Clay.
- 1836-05-23
- In the letter McLemore explains that a number of Indians in the area have been "manafesting warlike symptoms"; in response, he has called out the militia and constructed two forts to protect the county. He describes recent events but reports that...
- 2010-11-08
- Letter from Dr. Nathaniel Allen in Claiborne, Alabama, to Henry Hitchcock at St. Stephens.
- 1819-01-30
- In the letter Dr. Allen mentions that he sent a request for medicine several months ago, but he has not received a response ("I conclude that in the multiplicity of business it has been mislaid or overlooked"). He asks Hitchcock to examine the...
- 2010-11-12