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Civil Rights Centenaries

2013 marks the (semi)centenaries of several major Civil Rights milestones March on Washington, Aug 28, 1963 Malcolm X Related Links Black History Month African American History…

George Jr. HUDDLESTON, Congress, AL (1920-1971)

HUDDLESTON George Jr. , (Son of George Huddleston), a Representative from Alabama; born in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Ala., March 19, 1920; attended the public schools; attended George Washington…

Fred Shuttlesworth Biography

Fred Shuttlesworthcivil rights activist, ministerBorn: 3/18/1922Birthplace: Mugler, Ala.Died: 10/5/2011 As pastor of Birmingham, Alabama's First Baptist Church, Shuttlesworth organized the…

Robert ADERHOLT, Congress, AL (1965)

ADERHOLT Robert , a Representative from Alabama; born in Haleyville, Winston County, Ala., July 22, 1965; B.A., Birmingham Southern College, Birmingham, Ala., 1987; J.D., Samford University,…

Justice Overdue: Civil Rights Cases Reopened

Unpunished crimes revisited after decades of neglect FBI photographs of slain civil rights workers Andrew Goodman, James Earl Chaney, and Michael Schwerner Related Links Black History Month…

Claude HARRIS, Jr., Congress, AL (1940-1994)

HARRIS Claude, Jr. , a Representative from Alabama; born in Bessemer, Tuscaloosa County, Ala., June 29, 1940; B.S., University of Alabama, Birmingham, Ala., 1962; University of Alabama Law School…

George HUDDLESTON, Congress, AL (1869-1960)

HUDDLESTON George , a Representative from Alabama; born on a farm near Lebanon, Wilson County, Tenn., November 11, 1869; attended the common schools; studied law at Cumberland University, Lebanon…

Martin Luther King, Jr., Quotations

Press on and keep pressing . . . If you will protest courageously, and yet with dignity and Christian love, when the history books are written in future generations, the historians will have to…

Sydney Johnston BOWIE, Congress, AL (1865-1928)

BOWIE Sydney Johnston , a Representative from Alabama; born in Talladega, Talladega County, Ala., July 26, 1865; attended private schools, and was graduated from the law department of the…