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Braden, Anne McCarty, 1924-2006

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Journalist, civil rights activist; interviewee married Carl Braden. From the description of Reminiscences of Anne Braden : oral history, 1981. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309721763 Journalist; civil rights activist; interviewee married Carl Braden. From the description of Oral history interview with Anne Braden, 1978. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309721830 Anne McCarty was born ...

LeMay, Curtis E. (Curtis Emerson), 1906-1990

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Curtis Emerson LeMay (November 15, 1906 – October 1, 1990) was an American Air Force general who implemented an effective but controversial strategic bombing campaign in the Pacific theater of World War II. He later served as Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force from 1961 to 1965. LeMay joined the U.S. Army Air Corps, the precursor to the U.S. Air Force, in 1929 while studying civil engineering at Ohio State University. He had risen to the rank of major by the time of Japan's Attack on Pearl ...

Wallace, Lurleen, 1926-1968

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Lurleen Burns Wallace (born Lurleen Brigham Burns; September 19, 1926 – May 7, 1968) was the 46th governor of Alabama for fifteen months from January 1967 until her death in May 1968. She was the first wife of Alabama governor George Wallace, whom she succeeded as governor because the Alabama constitution forbade consecutive terms. She was Alabama's first female governor and was the only female governor to hold the position until Kay Ivey became the second woman to succeed to the office in 2017....

Wallace, George C. (George Corley), 1919-1998

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George Corley Wallace Jr. (August 25, 1919 – September 13, 1998) was an American politician who served as the 45th Governor of Alabama for four terms. He is best remembered for his staunch segregationist and populist views. During his tenure, he promoted "low-grade industrial development, low taxes, and trade schools". He sought the United States presidency as a Democrat three times, and once as an American Independent Party candidate, unsuccessfully each time. Wallace notoriously opposed deseg...

Hardin, Taylor.

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Fine, Joe.

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Simpson, James A., 1890-1973.

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Southern Christian Leadership Conference

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The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) is a national organization organized in chapters and affiliates that works for human rights across the world. It played a prominent role in the civil rights movement during the 1950s and 1960s. SCLC was closely associated with its first president, Martin Luther King, Jr. Origins of the SCLC can be traced back to the Montgomery Bus Boycott of 5 December 1955 after which leaders of civil rights groups met in Atlanta on 10-11 January 1957 to form ...

White Citizens' Council (Ala.).

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King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968

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Martin Luther King, Jr. (b. January 15, 1929, Atlanta, Georgia –d. April 4, 1968, Memphis, Tennessee) was an American Baptist minister and activist who was a leader in the Civil Rights Movement. He is best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights using nonviolent civil disobedience. King helped to organize the 1963 March on Washington, where he delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech. In 1964, King received the Nobel Peace Prize and in 1965, he helped to organize the Selma to M...

Smitherman, Joe.

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Sikes, Stan.

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DeCarlo, John F.

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Darity, Martin J.

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Maddox, Hugh, 1930-

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Alva Hugh Maddox was born on 1930 April 17 in Andalusia, Ala. He received his early education in Florala, Ala., and he graduated as the salutatorian from Covington County High School in 1947. He then attended the University of Alabama, earning a Bachelor's degree in 1952. While attending the University of Alabama, Maddox began his professional career as a journalist for the Florala News. In 1952, after completing his undergraduate study, he became a commissioned officer ...

Turnipseed, Tom.

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Ewing, Ed, 1932- .

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George Edmund "Ed" Ewing was born in Shelby, Ala. and graduated from the University of Alabama in 1955. He has served in a wide variety of public relations positions including stints as Editor for the Thiokol Chemical Corporation (1962-1963), Director of the Alabama Bureau of Publicity and Information (1963-1965), Press secretary to Governors George (1965) and Lurleen (1967-1968) Wallace, and as the National Campaign Coordinator for the Wallace for President Campaign (1968). Since 1979 Ewing has...