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- 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
- "Accused Ravishing Huntsville Girls."
- 1931 March 25
- 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 brutal attacks in the history of the Tennessee Valley").
- 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
- "B. B. Comer Bridge, Length 1566 Ft., Scottsboro, Ala."
- Alabama Photographs and Pictures Collection
- "Death Penalty for Crime."
- 1931 April 25
- Thomas Walker Wallace wrote this piece for his column "Here and There," which was published in the Birmingham Reporter, an African American newspaper. In it he argues against the death penalty. While he concedes that "It seems reasonable that when...
- 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
- "Five Points Motel - Scottsboro, Ala."
- "Mr. & Mrs. J. B. Presley, Owners - Operators."
- Alabama Photographs and Pictures Collection
- "For Higher Wages! For Unemployment Insurance! For Recognition of the Labor Unions!!"
- 1934
- Advertisement for a May Day rally sponsored by the Communist Party in Birmingham, Alabama. The flier encourages unity among workers of both races because "united action of white and Negro workers is the way to win." It also includes a copy of the...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- "Greetings from Scottsboro, Ala."
- The postmark date on the back of this postcard is September 4, 1930.
- Alabama Photographs and Pictures Collection
- "High School - Scottsboro, Ala."
- The postmark date on the back of this postcard is March 29, 1948.
- Alabama Photographs and Pictures Collection
- "How the Nine Arrests at Scottsboro Were Effected."
- 1931 March 26
- This article gives an account of the arrest of the "Scottsboro Boys," which was submitted by a traveling salesman. It describes the appearance and behavior of the nine young men and the two women they were accused of assaulting, and it mentions...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- "Judge J. A. Hawkins Undaunted By Threatening Telegrams From International Labor Defense."
- 1931 April 13
- This article discusses a message sent by the International Labor Defense, demanding the release of the recently convicted "Scottsboro Boys." The nine young men were falsely charged with the "criminal assault" of two white women on a train, and...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- "Main Street, Scottsboro, Ala."
- The postmark date on the back of this postcard is November 20, 1917.
- Alabama Photographs and Pictures 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
- "New" Methodist Episcopal Church, in Scottsboro, Alabama.
- 1930s - 1941 circa
- Alabama Photographs and Pictures Collection
- "Revolting in Last Degree in Story of Girls."
- 1931 March 26
- 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...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- "Street Scene - Scottsboro, Ala."
- Alabama Photographs and Pictures Collection
- "Ta-Co-Bet Near Scottsboro."
- "Indians return annually to this site in the land of their fathers the second Friday in August to hold a three-day festival with the white man honoring Indian Ancestry. Lone White Eagle is shown kneeling as he beholds the beautiful land of his...
- Alabama Photographs and Pictures Collection
- "They Must Not Die!"
- 1931 April
- Postcard from Bertha Markowitz in Brooklyn, New York, to Governor B. M. Miller in Montgomery, Alabama. Markowitz is protesting the conviction of the "Scottsboro Boys," nine young African American men who were falsely accused of rape and tried in...
- Alabama Photographs and Pictures Collection