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- "8 Negroes Here Ask Court Erase Parks Barriers."
- 1958-12-23
- This article describes a suit filed in federal court to protest a Montgomery city ordinance requiring segregated parks and recreation facilities. The eight African Americans, represented by attorney Solomon S. Seay, Jr., ask that the ordinance be...
- 2010-01-25
- Memorandum listing objections to an advertisement that appeared in The New York Times to solicit funds for Martin Luther King, Jr.'s legal defense.
- 1960-00-00
- The topics listed (group libel, falsity of publication, malicious publication, and damages) are used to justify the libel suit that L. B. Sullivan, police commissioner of Montgomery, filed against The New York Times in response to the advertisement.
- 2010-07-27
- 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
- Telegram from Tallulah Bankhead in New York, New York, to her grandfather, John H. Bankhead.
- 1919-01
- In the letter Tallulah describes an upcoming motion picture project: "I know you will be pleased to know that I have made good with the Screencraft. They have spoken to me about playing the next picture. The director told me that he bought the...
- 2009-10-16
- Letter from John N. Ormond to James Dellet in Claiborne, Alabama.
- 1839-01-01
- In the letter Ormond explains that he has lost his recent suit against John Howie, and he asks Dellet to look into the matter and attempt to get another trial.
- 2009-06-25
- Letter from O. Fitts in Warrenton, North Carolina, to James Caller.
- 1812-02-27
- In the letter Fitts introduces Caller to two men who plan to settle in the Mississippi Territory ("any services rendered them by you will confer an additional obligation on me"), and he discusses the will and estate of Green Duke, who died...
- 2010-11-12
- Copy of a letter from John Coffee and James Bright in Huntsville, Alabama, to John McKinley.
- 1821-07-24
- In the letter Coffee and Bright explain that Clemens and Keys of Mooresville is responsible for removing a bridge at Cotton Port: "That bridge had been built by the Cottonport Company for which they paid $1650 and esteemed it as a very valuable...
- 2010-06-09
- Letter from Bolling Hall, Jr., at Strawberry Plains, Tennessee, to his father in Alabama.
- 1863-08-10
- From June 1862 to November 1863, Bolling Hall, Jr., was lieutenant colonel of the 2nd Battalion, Hilliard's Legion. In the letter he discusses troop movements; possible reorganizations and officer promotions in the army ("I believe almost all the...
- 2011-10-20
- Letters from James A. Hall in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, to his sister and father, Bolling, in Alabama.
- 1862-12-14
- During the Civil War, James Hall served as a captain in Company K of the 24th Alabama Infantry regiment. In the letter to his sister, he discusses conditions in camp: " I have now every comfort one could expect in camps. Plenty of clothing,...
- 2011-10-20
- "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
- Letter from Anna ("Nannie") Dent in Eufaula, Alabama, to her husband, Hubert.
- 1864-11-24
- At the start of the Civil War, Hubert Dent was a 1st lieutenant of the Eufaula Rifles, which became Company B of the 1st Alabama Infantry; he was eventually promoted to captain and commanded Dent's Battery (formerly Robertson's Battery). In the...
- 2011-04-04
- "Run the Blockade!"
- 1862-02-01
- Advertisement for merchandise available at A. M. Salomon's Cigar Divan in Mobile, Alabama: "Just received, per sailing vessel, a fine assortment of nautical instruments, namely: marine opera glasses, spy-glasses, compasses, &c., &c., &c. Also, a...
- 2012-01-27