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Though this is not Montevallo's admission of a colored person to school, this is significant in the change and timeline of Montevallo's eventual admission of blacks.

Though much of the research found was uplifting in a sense, this joke posted under the section of the newspaper titled "Idiot's Delight" made it apparent that race relations in Alabama and thus Montevallo were still an issue.

Alabama College's club YWCA (Young Women's Christian Association) helps a new black school that opens in Montevallo.

This article also highlights the lack of funding in black schools at the time, a problem many schools in Alabama still face…

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.

The certification for the Holstein-Friesian cows

The herd of certified Holstein-Friesian cows in their milking stalls

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…

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.

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"