Civil Rights Movement at College Campuses in Tuscaloosa
Documenting Jim Crow Education in Tuscaloosa: The Documents
Documenting Jim Crow Education in Tuscaloosa
Stillman College: Newspaper Coverage, 1895-1920s
Tuscaloosa Public Schools: Newspaper Coverage, 1900-1930s
Tuscaloosa Public Schools: Special Newspaper Coverage - Booker T. Washington's Visit, 1910
Tuscaloosa Public Schools: Special Newspaper Coverage - “The Negro Race of Tuscaloosa,” 1913
Tuscaloosa Public Schools: Special Newspaper Coverage - “What the Negroes of Tuscaloosa Are Accomplishing,” 1916
Tuscaloosa Public Schools: Remembering Jeremiah Barnes as an Educational Pioneer, 1950s
Tuscaloosa Public Schools: Remembering the Barnes Family's Educational Legacy in Brick and Mortar
Documenting the Civil Rights Movement at University of Alabama and Stillman College
1956 Desegregation Attempt (pdf copy of primary source): "Are Our Efforts in Vain?," American Negro, April 1, 1956, 4-9.
1956 Desegregation Attempt (pdf copy of primary source): “Mr. Stevenson On Jim Crow,” American Negro, April 1, 1956, 21-24.
Transcription: Stillman Students Attacked (1962).
Stillman College: Newspaper Coverage, 1895-1920s
Tuscaloosa Public Schools: Newspaper Coverage, 1900-1930s
Tuscaloosa Public Schools: Special Newspaper Coverage - Booker T. Washington's Visit, 1910
Tuscaloosa Public Schools: Special Newspaper Coverage - “The Negro Race of Tuscaloosa,” 1913
Tuscaloosa Public Schools: Special Newspaper Coverage - “What the Negroes of Tuscaloosa Are Accomplishing,” 1916
Tuscaloosa Public Schools: Remembering Jeremiah Barnes as an Educational Pioneer, 1950s
Tuscaloosa Public Schools: Remembering the Barnes Family's Educational Legacy in Brick and Mortar
Documenting the Civil Rights Movement at University of Alabama and Stillman College
1956 Desegregation Attempt (pdf copy of primary source): "Are Our Efforts in Vain?," American Negro, April 1, 1956, 4-9.
1956 Desegregation Attempt (pdf copy of primary source): “Mr. Stevenson On Jim Crow,” American Negro, April 1, 1956, 21-24.
Transcription: Stillman Students Attacked (1962).
Documenting the Post-Desegregation Campus at the University of Alabama
Transcription: Crimson White coverage of Roy Wilkins' Lecture in Emphasis '68.
Transcription: Crimson White coverage of Dick Gregory's Lecture in Emphasis '70.
Primary Source: Emergence of UA Black Studies Program, Corolla 1970.
Transcription: Crimson White coverage of Dick Gregory's Lecture in Emphasis '70.
Primary Source: Emergence of UA Black Studies Program, Corolla 1970.
Documenting Post-Desegregation Campus: Black Community Newsletter, 1972-1974
During the first decade of campus desegregation, UA students established this short-lived African American publication. It challenged the racism experienced, promoted better African American town and gown relations, and provided a journalistic and creative space for those early African American students blocked from traditional student publication outlets. The below digital copies reproduces a collection contained at W.S. Hoole Special Collections at the University of Alabama that has been made available through several (and often subscription required) online periodical databases.
Student Publication (pdf copy of primary source): Black Community Newsletter, January 20, 1972.
Student Publication (pdf copy of primary source): Black Community Newsletter, March 21, 1974.
Student Publication (pdf copy of primary source): Black Community Newsletter, June 13, 1974.
Student Publication (pdf copy of primary source): Black Community Newsletter, July 11, 1974.
Student Publication (pdf copy of primary source): Black Community Newsletter, July 18, 1974.
Student Publication (pdf copy of primary source): Black Community Newsletter, July 25, 1974.
Student Publication (pdf copy of primary source): Black Community Newsletter, August 1, 1974.
Student Publication (pdf copy of primary source): Black Community Newsletter, August 8, 1974.
Student Publication (pdf copy of primary source): Black Community Newsletter, August 29, 1974.
Student Publication (pdf copy of primary source): Black Community Newsletter, September 19, 1974.
Student Publication (pdf copy of primary source): Black Community Newsletter, January 20, 1972.
Student Publication (pdf copy of primary source): Black Community Newsletter, March 21, 1974.
Student Publication (pdf copy of primary source): Black Community Newsletter, June 13, 1974.
Student Publication (pdf copy of primary source): Black Community Newsletter, July 11, 1974.
Student Publication (pdf copy of primary source): Black Community Newsletter, July 18, 1974.
Student Publication (pdf copy of primary source): Black Community Newsletter, July 25, 1974.
Student Publication (pdf copy of primary source): Black Community Newsletter, August 1, 1974.
Student Publication (pdf copy of primary source): Black Community Newsletter, August 8, 1974.
Student Publication (pdf copy of primary source): Black Community Newsletter, August 29, 1974.
Student Publication (pdf copy of primary source): Black Community Newsletter, September 19, 1974.
Legacy: The Documents
Primary Source (Speech): Vivian Malone Jones's Commencement Address, University of Alabama, 2000.
Spring 2019 Commencement Program: Honorary Degree Awarded to Autherine Lucy Foster, University of Alabama, 2019.
Primary Source: Ed Enoch, "First black student earns honorary doctorate from UA," Tuscaloosa News, May 3, 2019 (pdf copy also available).
Primary Source: Associate Press, "Expelled in 1956, black woman gets doctorate at U of Alabama," Washington Post, May 4, 2019 (pdf copy also available).
Spring 2019 Commencement Program: Honorary Degree Awarded to Autherine Lucy Foster, University of Alabama, 2019.
Primary Source: Ed Enoch, "First black student earns honorary doctorate from UA," Tuscaloosa News, May 3, 2019 (pdf copy also available).
Primary Source: Associate Press, "Expelled in 1956, black woman gets doctorate at U of Alabama," Washington Post, May 4, 2019 (pdf copy also available).
Legacy: Alternate and Campus Tours
Alternate Campus Tour (Adobe Spark): Autherine Lucy: Forgotten Hero
- Developed by Dr. Meredith Bagley, this alternative campus tour explores the campus history of Autherine Lucy Foster and her legacy for the University of Alabama.
- Consisting of UA faculty, Stillman faculty, community members, and former Civil Rights Movement (CRM) foot soldiers, the Tuscaloosa Civil Rights History Task Force created this alternate city tour documenting the important figures and sites of the long Civil Rights Movement in Tuscaloosa, including Bloody Tuesday.
