"Birmingham, Alabama. Unit of the Alabama National Guard machine gun company en route to mines just outside of the city of Birmingham, Alabama, where miners are on strike."
"Threats of a wholesale lynching of nine young negroes charged with criminally attacking two white girls were calmed when the Alabama national guard was called out to guard the jail at Scottsboro. The girls, accompanied by a half-brother of one of...
Poem reprinted in the Christian Intelligencer. The original version of this poem was published as "The Picket Guard" in the 30 November 1861 edition of Harper's Weekly.
"Loading Coal Barges in Tuscaloosa County for Export at Mobile and New Orleans." The foundry of the Central Iron and Coal Company in Holt, Alabama (later part of the Empire Coke Company), is in the background. From the rotogravure section of the...
Members of the New York National Guard at Camp Smith. This unit was mobilized in late 1940 and became the 27th U.S. Infantry Division. The men were then sent to Fort McClellan, Alabama.
During World War II, the Aliceville Internment Camp held 6,000 German prisoners of war. The camp received its first prisoners in 1942 and closed in 1945. The majority of the prisoners were captured in 1943 from the German Afrika Korps.
"Striking miners, both white and negro, as they were stopped on their march to the Red Diamond Mine are shown listening to Lieut. Col. James A. Webb, in command of the National Guard troops who told them that nothing could be gained by bloodshed....
"Bradford, Alabama. Militiamen, ordered to the district to prevent strike disorders, are shown here taking over guard duty in this little mining settlement. Strike pickets are interested spectators, as the soldiers take over."
This article gives details about the arrest of the "Scottsboro Boys" and their alleged assault of Ruby Bates and Victoria Price ("one of the most horrible ever perpetrated in the United States"). Three National Guard companies were called up to...
Members of the New York National Guard preparing for a gas demonstration at Camp Smith. This unit was mobilized in late 1940 and became the 27th U.S. Infantry Division. The men were then sent to Fort McClellan, Alabama.
The Tuscaloosa Independent Monitor was shut down and the office placed under federal guard in 1868. This was probably due to the inflammatory anti-carpetbagger and anti-scalawag editorials and political cartoons for which it was renown.
Instructions and explanation of the upcoming occupation by United States troops. These procedures were discussed at a conference between American and Japanese officials. Also included are images taken during the meeting.