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Jefferson, Alabama in the 1930s: 1 through 3 of 3

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  1. The complicated life of a Native Alabamian
    date June 1, 1932map Jefferson, Alabamatags Medicine/Health, New South

    The complicated life of a native Alabamian By: Brandi Harper November 19, 2011 Life was as normal as it could be during the hot summer of 1906 in Alabama. The poor were getting more poverty stricken while the rich struggled to maintain what they had.  Virginia Foster Durr remembers, “on Saturday mornings, these families would come into Birmingham, walking, there was no paved road and nobody had...

  2. “Fight to Win!” Communists Fight for Workers
    date 1934map Jefferson, Alabamatags Race Relations, Government

    “Fight To Win!”The Communist Party in Birmingham, Alabama spread many fliers with this message throughout the 1930s. Communists urged miners and steel workers to fight for higher wages. The communists proclaimed to be “giving leadership to the workers and raising real demands for them.” They urged white and black workers to band together and claimed that the unity of the two races on this issue...

  3. Baseball Boosts Morale during Hard Times in America
    date September 26, 1931 to 1940map Jefferson, Alabamatags Sports, Sports and Labor, Baseball

         During the 1930s, J.T. White was a man living and working in hard times. He did what he could to heal the pains of Birmingham. White served as the organizer for the Tennessee Coal Industry (T.C.I.) intramural baseball team. White may not have made a dent in the ailing economy of the United States, but he did manage to boost the morale of the people around him.      White wrote to a Mr....