Source: Famous Trials
Black Voters in Alabama Pushed Back Against the Past. (The New York Times, 12/13/2017)
“There’s no state in America where black people recognize the horrors of turning back the clock more than the State of Alabama,” said Bryan Stevenson, the founder of the Equal Justice Initiative, which is based in Montgomery. “There is a consciousness about this history in the African-American community.” [emphasis added]
“You can’t go two miles without some Confederate emblem or icon or flag taunting you.” He added: “It’s not a fantasy in this state to say we want to turn back the clock.’’
Modern Civil Rights Movement in Alabama. (Encyclopedia of Alabama)
- Montomgery bus boycott (1955056)
- Alabama Christian movement for civil erights
- Tuskegee's fight for voting rights
- Sit-ins and freedom rides
- The struggle in Birmingham
- Stand in the schoolhouse door
- Selma
- Rise of the black power movement
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