Advertisement for the sale of a 483-acre plantation in Henry County, Alabama. Each section of land is described, and several buildings are included ("a good gin house and screw, and a comfortable log cabin...negro houses, corn cribs, stalls, &c.")....
"Several hundred young men and women are trained in this department annually for responsible positions." The postmark date on the back of this postcard is February 20, 1922.
"How Blacks Have Died for the Right to Vote." Leaflet issued by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Inside is a list of African Americans who were killed from 1955 to 1968: Lamar Smith, George W. Lee, Herbert Lee, Medgar...
"Big Spring International Park, located in the heart of Huntsville's downtown business district next to the County Courthouse and City Hall, is the site where John Hunt founded the city in 1805. The park, covering several city blocks, contains...
This article reports that African Americans in Mobile are still boycotting street railroads to protest a new segregation ordinance; it also mentions that "several cases of negroes being reviled for riding on the cars have been reported."
This article discusses the progress of the nationwide textile strike. While several states have called up state troops to open picketed mills, the government in Alabama has not interfered with the strike: "These disturbances were in sharp contrast...
"Several Elmore Countians recently attended a deer hunt at Rep. Frank Boykin's hunting reservation in Washington County. Left to right are: Judge Oakley Melton, Rep. Leonard Johnston, T. L. Lanier, Solicitor Glen Curlee, Rep. Boykin, Rep. Francis...
Report submitted to the United States House of Representatives by Dixon Hall Lewis of the Committee on Indian Affairs. The committee requests "relief for certain Creek Indians of mixed blood, within the State of Alabama; and also the petitions of...
This cartoon depicts two vultures labeled "Brewers" and "Distillers" around a skeleton that represents Alabama. In the background an army is advancing, carrying the state flag and a banner labeled "People of Alabama." Several people on the left,...
"White Men Thrown Into Jail With Negro Criminals, Their Baggage Seized and Searched. For What?" Broadside opposing the proposed prohibition amendment to the Alabama constitution; it includes statements from several Alabama citizens whose property...
Members of a Sunday school class at an African American church. The males in the photo are identified as Lambert (back row, center) and J. P. Roberts (second row, first on right). Several students are holding jars of preserves.