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- Telegram from Governor John Patterson to Mayor Fred Wilson in Monroe, North Carolina.
- 1961 August 28
- In the message Patterson discusses the Freedom Riders who recently entered Monroe, expressing support and sympathy: "I wish to commend you for your strong stand for good law enforcement and the position that you have taken against the so-called...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Governor Ross Barnett in Jackson, Mississippi, to Governor John Patterson in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1961 August 30
- In the letter Barnett thanks Patterson for sending copies of telegrams regarding the Freedom Riders in North Carolina: "It is needless for me to say that I stand ready to cooperate with you and others in any way that I can. You have but to call on...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Telegram from Governor John Patterson to Governor Terry Sanford in Raleigh, North Carolina.
- 1961 August 28
- In the message Patterson discusses the Freedom Riders who have entered North Carolina, expressing support and sympathy: "I wish to advise you that the people of this state view with alarm the invasion of your state by outside rabble rousers and law...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Telegram from Governor John Patterson to Attorney General Robert Kennedy in Washington, D.C.
- 1961 August 28
- In the message Patterson discusses the Freedom Riders who recently entered Monroe, North Carolina. He criticizes Kennedy's "encouragement of these lawless groups" and asks him to change his position: "Once again, I call on you to take a public...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Edwin Strickland, "a disgusted American," to Attorney General Robert Kennedy.
- 1962 October 10
- Strickland would later serve as the staff director for the Alabama Legislative Commission to Preserve the Peace. In the letter he criticizes federal intervention during civil rights demonstrations in the South: "...with callous disregard for state...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- "Heed Their Rising Voices."
- 1960 March 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...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Telegram from Sol Diamond, vice president and treasurer of Diamond Brothers in Trenton, New Jersey, to Judge Eugene W. Carter in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1956 March 26
- In the message Diamond cancels plans to build a furniture manufacturing plant in Alabama, following Carter's conviction of Martin Luther King, Jr., in connection with the Montgomery bus boycott.
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Postcard from Coretta and Martin Luther King, Jr., to Clifford and Virginia Durr.
- 1959 February 27
- The Kings were in Bombay, India, when they sent this message: "Dear Friends, Greetings and best wishes from the land of Mahatma Gandhi. We're having a rich experience here. Warm regards, Coretta and Martin King."
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- "Negroes' Most Urgent Needs."
- 1955 March
- Flier issued by African American citizens in Montgomery, Alabama, to expose the injustices and unacceptable living conditions affecting their community.
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Program for a mass meeting of the Montgomery Improvement Association at the Mount Zion A.M.E. Zion Church.
- 1956 January 16
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- "Integrated Bus Suggestions."
- 1956 December 19
- This flier was issued by the Montgomery Improvement Association after the end of the bus boycott.
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Program for a mass meeting of the Montgomery Improvement Association at Holt Street Baptist Church.
- 1956 September 24
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Statement by the President of the Montgomery Improvement Association, the Rev. M. L. King, Jr., December 20, 1956.
- 1956 December 20
- After the United States Supreme Court ruled that segregation on public transportation was unconstitutional, King made this statement to announce the end of the bus boycott.
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Speech George Wallace made during his "stand in the schoolhouse door," when he attempted to prevent the desegregation of the University of Alabama.
- 1963 June 11
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- 5000 at Meeting Outline Boycott; Bullet Clips Bus.
- 1955 December 10
- Article from the Montgomery Advertiser.
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Bus Boycott Conference Fails to Find Solution.
- 1955 December 9
- Article from the Montgomery Advertiser.
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- What Did the Supreme Court Actually Rule?
- 1956 April 26
- Article from the Montgomery Advertiser.
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Transcript for the trial of Rosa Parks vs. City of Montgomery.
- 1956
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from J. A. Barclay of Northrop Space Laboratories in Huntsville, Alabama, to Governor George Wallace.
- 1963 May 23
- In the letter Barclay explains that the state cannot attract suitable aerospace experts because of its reputation in recent segregation issues: "...the image of Alabama to the uninformed non-resident is not good because of the racial problem which...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- "Documents on Human Rights in Alabama," compiled by the Inner-Citizens Committee, Inc., in Birmingham, Alabama.
- 1963 April - May
- Testimonies and images of five men who were victims of police violence during civil rights demonstrations in Birmingham.
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection

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