Ku Klux Klan

Newspaper Advertisements, 1923, 1924

(AR 606)

This collection contains one full-page Klan advertisement from the April 15, 1923 Birmingham News congratulating the Mason on the opening of their new Masonic Temple and one half-page advertisement from the June 24, 1924 Birmingham Age-Herald announcing “Everybody Welcome” to a Klan “Naturalization” (initiation ceremony) at East Lake Park. The event included an “All Day Barbecue, Bicycle Races, Aquatic Events, Ball Game, Fire Works, Public Speaking.” The page includes a handwritten note: “Join or beware.”

Size: 2 items

Ku Klux Klan

Scrapbooks, 1913-1967

(AR 257)

These scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings relating to local and national Klan activities.

Size: 1 reel microfilm

LeGrand, Duard

Papers, 1936 and 1968-1979

(AR 331)

Size: 2 boxes

Loveman’s Department Store

Miscellaneous Business Records

(AR 639)

This collection includes manuscript histories of this downtown Birmingham department store, assorted business papers, photographs and scrapbooks. Among the photographs are images of civil rights protestors picketing the store in the early 1960s.

Size: 1 box

Manis, Andrew M.

Oral History Interviews, 1987-1989

(AR 1437)

Andrew M. Manis has served as Assistant Professor of History at Macon State College in Macon, Georgia, and the Religion and Southern Studies editor for Mercer University Press. He is author of the books Southern Civil Religions in Conflict: Black and White Baptists and Civil Rights, 1947-1957 and A Fire You Can't Put Out: The Civil Rights Life of Birmingham's Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth. This collection contains tapes and transcripts for 33 oral history interviews conducted by Andrew M. Manis as part of the research for his book A Fire You Can’t Put Out. The interviews relate to the Civil Rights Movement generally and to the life and career of Birmingham civil rights activist Fred L. Shuttlesworth.

Size: 2 boxes

Marshall, Burke

Files on Civil Rights in Alabama, 1961-1963

(AR 300)

A 1951 graduate of Yale Law School, Burke Marshall served as Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights in the United States Department of Justice from 1961 to 1965. In this capacity he was involved in, and present during, a number of racial crises in Alabama including the 1963 demonstrations in Birmingham and the desegregation of the University of Alabama. This collection contains correspondence, memoranda, notes, FBI reports, newspaper clippings, and other material generated by or collected by Burke Marshall during his service as U. S. Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights. Covering the period 1961 to 1965, the material relates to

Size: 3 boxes

Morgan, James W. “Jimmie”

Papers, 1953-1961

(AR 266)

James W. Morgan served as a member of the Birmingham City Commission and as Mayor from 1937 to 1961. This collection contains correspondence and other material.

Size: 34 boxes

Morgan, James W. “Jimmie”

Scrapbooks, 1953-1961

(AR 262)

Newspaper clippings relating to Birmingham city government and Morgan’s service as a member of the Birmingham City Commission.

Size: 14 reels microfilm.

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

Alabama Files, 1940-1955

(AR 501)

These files contain correspondence and other material between the national NAACP office and various Alabama branches. The bulk of the correspondence relates to the issuing of branch charters and membership. Some files also contain small amounts of material relating to race relations in Birmingham and other areas of Alabama.

Size: 3 reels microfilm

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

Birmingham Files, 1951-1955

(AR 502)

These files contain correspondence and other material between the national NAACP office and the Birmingham branch office. The bulk of the correspondence relates to the renewal of memberships, membership campaigns and the financial difficulties of the branch. Some files also contain small amounts of material relating to race relations in Birmingham. Earlier material from the Birmingham branch can be found in the NAACP Alabama Files.

Size: 1 reel microfilm

National Conference of Christians and Jews

Alabama Region Office Records, 1950s-1970s

(AR 567)

Size: 10 boxes

Newfield, Mayer

Papers, 1950-1973

(AR 1268)

Size: 2 boxes

Nickel, Katrine

Girl Scouts Scrapbook, 1948

(AR 544)

Size: 1 reel microfilm

Operation New Birmingham

Testimony Surrounding the Death of Bonita Carter, 1979

(AR 172)

Size: 2 boxes

Race Relations

Miscellaneous Files, 1957-1977

(AR 573)

Size: 1 box

Race Relations Information Center

Facts on Film, 1950s-1970s

(AR 1445)

Newspaper clippings relating to race relations and the Civil Rights Movement in

the United States.

Size: 352 reels microfilm

Segregation and Desegregation in Birmingham

Scrapbook, 1963

(AR 450)

Newspaper clippings compiled by the staff of the Birmingham Public Library’s Southern History Department covering the period January to May 1963.

Size: 1 volume

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