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  • Collection: The History of African Americans and Montevallo

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A long article arguing against the Civil Rights Act of 1964

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An article in which the writer refuses to accept that someone is better than another based on individual characteristics - including race.

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Song: "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot"
Music Drama: This Freedom
Song: "Jesus Walked This Lonesome Valley"
Song: "In Christ There is no East or West"
Song: "Messiah"

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This is an article in which argues against supporters of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

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This editorial touches on an almost poetic take post civil rights act. Race relations are still hot in Alabama, and this article describes how there are Tom Colemans everywhere. Tom Coleman was a man who killed an unarmed civil rights worker and…

This article references two schools that are visited by a trainer to help plan a community program for African Americans in town.

More articles throughout the years of the Alabamian refer to the YWCA helping with funding for books.

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Bill Jones, who was recently appointed when the article was published, recruited the woman along with seven other new players.

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This article refers to an old black janitor, Alec, who would traditionally ring an old laundry bell in Reynolds to signify the beginning and end of a semester. This was a very interesting and sweet article. It is inferred that Alec is no longer at…

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In this small editor's note, a student named Pat Harper notices connections between Alabama College students, who are all white women, and Alabama State College students, who are all black.
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