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- The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 07, No. 01, Spring Issue 1945.
- 1945
- Pages 5-150.
- Alabama Historical Quarterly
- The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 07, No. 02, Summer Issue 1945.
- 1945
- Pages 156-331.
- Alabama Historical Quarterly
- The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 07, No. 03, Fall Issue 1945.
- 1945
- Pages 336-468.
- Alabama Historical Quarterly
- The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 07, No. 04, Winter Issue 1945.
- 1945
- Pages 473-675.
- Alabama Historical Quarterly
- ''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
- "Alabama Troops Avert Threatened Lynching."
- 1931 March 30
- "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...
- Alabama Photographs and Pictures Collection
- "By the President of the United States, a Proclamation."
- 1861 April 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...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- "Cars Not Boycotted."
- 1900 August 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...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- "Commission from the State of Alabama."
- 1861 January 9
- Letter from L. W. Garrott and Robert H. Smith of Alabama, to the governor and legislature of North Carolina. Garrott and Smith explain that because of the recent election of a Republican president, the governor of Alabama has called for a...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- "Death Penalty Properly Demanded in Fiendish Crime of Nine Burly Negroes."
- 1931 March 27
- This article discusses the upcoming trial of the nine "Scottsboro Boys," were were falsely charged with assaulting two white women on a train. The piece commends the local citizens for allowing the authorities to handle the matter, promising that...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- "Director of Public Safety Van Buren Gilbert, working directly with radio operator Carlisle while a call is being put through to another station, waits silently while his message is being dispatched."
- Alabama Photographs and Pictures Collection
- "Hoist and engineer at Red Ore Mine, Alabama."
- A sign outside the engineer's booth reads, "It is a violation of the law to talk to engineer while he is on duty."
- Alabama Photographs and Pictures Collection
- "Ignoring the Segregation Ordinance."
- 1902 December 2
- This article reports that the president of the Mobile Light and Railroad Company is challenging the new city ordinance requiring white and African American passengers to be seated in separate sections on street cars. His company is having trouble...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- "It Is Not To Be In Oak Park."
- 1958 August 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...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- "Jefferson County Court House, Birmingham, Ala."
- "The Jefferson County Court House is constructed of steel, concrete and gray granite - height ten stories. The jail occupies the 7th and 8th floors, and there is a spacious law library on the top floor."
- Alabama Photographs and Pictures Collection
- "Law Abiding Democrats to the Front!"
- 1877-1878 circa
- Leaflet addressed to Democrats in Dallas County, Alabama, urging them to vote for the "good and true men" of the party, who will not resort to illegal methods to gain political power: "They will tell you, that when bad men are elected to office,...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- "Letter from Home" a weekly newsletter sent to Montgomery County men and women serving in the armed forces during World War II.
- 1945 December 7
- This issue mentions that for each bond campaign held during the war, Alabama was the only state in the country to have every county meet its quota. The newsletter also discusses Montgomery's application to the Federal Housing Authority, requesting...
- 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
- "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
- "Senator Bankhead Votes 'No.'"
- 1909 November 9
- This leaflet reprints a letter that Senator John H. Bankhead wrote to Frank V. Evans, editor of The Walker County News. In it he explains why he does not support the proposed prohibition amendment to the Alabama constitution. He argues that...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection