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- South Around to Cross Ellicott's Line.
- 1938
- Peter A. Brannon created this scrapbook to document a sightseeing trip he made with Clayton Albert, Thomas W. Martin, and Marion Rushton; the group traveled from Claiborne to St. Stephens, Alabama. The scrapbook includes a narrative of the men's...
- Alabama Photographs and Pictures Collection
- Alabama Dept. of Public Health. Comprehensive Cancer Control, 2006-2010 Plan (148 pages)
- 2008/02/13
- Alabama State Publications Collection
- SPLC Report, Volume 24, Number 03.
- 1994 July
- Southern Poverty Law Center Reports
- SPLC Report, Volume 28, Number 02.
- 1998 June
- Southern Poverty Law Center Reports
- Letter from Robert B. Patterson, secretary of the Association of Citizens' Councils in Greenwood, Mississippi, to Walter H. Craig in Selma, Alabama.
- 1958 January 8
- In the letter Patterson acknowledges receipt of money Craig sent, and he explains that he has mailed literature and a "Remember Little Rock" rubber stamp to two of Craig's acquaintances. A sample of the stamp is shown on the page.
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Excerpt from TWENTY-FIVE YEARS IN THE BLACK BELT, the autobiography of William J. Edwards.
- 1918
- Included here is Chapter 20, "The Negro and the World War." The chapter begins by describing African American support for the war effort, but then turns to a discussion of democracy, equality, and civil rights: "Before the war, two expressions were...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Excerpts from THE SOULS OF BLACK FOLK: ESSAYS AND SKETCHES by W. E. B. Du Bois.
- 1909
- In the passage Du Bois critiques Booker T. Washington's methods for the education and assimilation of African Americans in society: "...it has been claimed that the Negro can survive only through submission. Mr. Washington distinctly asks that...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from John W. Inzer in Ashville, Alabama to John H. Bankhead in Washington, D.C.
- 1917 September 6
- In the letter Inzer discusses the integrated military training camps proposed by Secretary of War Newton D. Baker. Inzer first declares himself to be "a friend to the negro" ("stood for his rights and represented him when it was really perilous to...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Horace Greeley in New York City, New York, to Henry C. Semple in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1867 November 28
- In the letter Greeley critiques the political situation in the South, arguing that African Americans "are a unit so long as they are led to fear disfranchisement. This fear banished they will vote their individual preferences as Whites do. Your...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- "Pensacola's Street Car Boycott by Negroes."
- 1905 May 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...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter and resolution from the Citizens Committee on Jobs and Training in Birmingham, Alabama, to Governor-elect Chauncey Sparks in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1942 December 10
- In the letter W. H. Hollins, chairman of the committee, asks the future governor to use his position to ensure that African Americans are given equal opportunity to receive training and employment in the state's war industries. The resolution...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Alabama State Council on the Arts Periodical : First Draft, The Journal of the Alabama Writers Forum, 1999 Winter (28 pages)
- 1999
- First Draft is a vehicle for communication among writers and those interested in literature/ publishing in Alabama and elsewhere.
- Alabama State Publications Collection
- Excerpts from a speech delivered by I. T. Tichenor, pastor of the First Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1865
- Tichenor describes the postwar situation for the freed slaves from a paternalistic viewpoint: "Four millions of human beings, under the influence of a misguided philanthropy, have been rendered destitute of homes, protection, and comfort, and have...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- "Race Separation."
- 1900 August 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...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- "Race Separation in the Street Cars."
- 1902 November 5
- 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...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- ''The 'Jim Crow' Car."
- 1896 May 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...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- "Negroes Riot in Gadsden to Protest Doom."
- 1931 April 10
- This article discusses the rioting in the Etowah County jail by eight of the "Scottsboro Boys," who had been convicted and given the death penalty: "When finally quieted and asked what was the matter, one of the negroes replied, 'We just don't like...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- "Selma's 'bloody Sunday' recalled after 10 years."
- 1975 March 2
- This article from the Mobile Press-Register recounts the events of "Bloody Sunday," which some citizens "claim.hastened the passage of the voting rights act by Congress" in 1965. It then examines current conditions for African Americans in the...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Excerpt from REMEMBERING JIM CROW: AFRICAN AMERICANS TELL ABOUT LIFE IN THE SEGREGATED SOUTH.
- 2001
- In this passage Leon Alexander, a coal miner and union organizer in Alabama, recalls living and working under Jim Crow laws and his early efforts to fight them. He discusses father's work in the United Mine Workers and the unsuccessful miners'...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Alabama State Council on the Arts Periodical : First Draft, The Journal of the Alabama Writers Forum, 1999 Summer (32 pages)
- 1999
- First Draft is a vehicle for communication among writers and those interested in literature/ publishing in Alabama and elsewhere.
- Alabama State Publications Collection