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Episodes tagged "alabama": 1 through 5 of 5

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  1. Separate and Unequal
    date January 1, 1940 to January 1, 1950map Jefferson, Alabamatags Mining, alabama, Coal, Bessemer, Bessemer, Alabama

    In late 1947, Howard E. Logan was attempting to get his job back at the Ensley Works in Bessemer, Alabama, by appealing to bosses and the union workers alike.  Logan was among the massive numbers of black men employed in Bessemer by the steel and coal industries. He had been off for eighteen days with a “bad throat,” received medical treatment by the company doctors, and was released to reenter...

  2. The Rebellion In Alabama
    date February, 1868 to 1868map MONTGOMERY, Alabamatags Reconstruction, alabama

    The Rebellion in Alabama ”What’s next?  Is Alabama to come back without a new and equal constitution?  Never!  Let her be kept out until doomsday!”  This quote comes from an editorial written by an unnamed author in 1868 by The Independent, a Northern magazine which was complaining about the political situation in Alabama at the time.  One of the conditions for Alabama’s re-admittance...

  3. Child Mortality on an Alabama Plantation
    date June 25, 1846 to December 31, 1849map GREENE, Alabamatags plantation, Slavery, Death, Children, alabama

    Disease was rampant among the slave population in the Antebellum South. Poor diet, less than adequate clothing, and exposure to the elements, caused the immune systems of the over-worked laborers to break down, making them susceptible to contracting a variety of illnesses. A demographic that was particularly at risk were children age nine and under. Fully 45 out of every 10,000 slave children aged...

  4. I Was Not Saved to Run
    date December 25, 1956map Jefferson, Alabamatags alabama, Violence, Race Relations, African American, Civil Rights

    It was Christmas 1956.  Taking the place of presents and songs, Reverend Fred L. Shuttlesworth and family woke up to the sound of sixteen dynamites exploding from underneath their home.  By looking at photographs of the damage, you would think everything within ten feet of the home was dead.  However, Shuttlesworth and his family reemerge unharmed.  Shuttlesworth being a religious man gave God...

  5. Encouraging Immigration to Alabama
    date January 1, 1869 to December 31, 1869map MONTGOMERY, Alabamatags alabama, Immigration

    “A state favored by nature in every way” boasted a booklet created by the state of Alabama. Published in 1869, this 22 page document contained a detailed list of the states assets. “No part of the United States offers so many and such striking inducements to the immigrant as Alabama.” It was an effort to entice foreign immigrants to come and establish their roots in Alabama. It covered every...