Alabama

New attacks on voting rights in Alabama

October 14, 2015 By Larry Rubin

Alabama has developed new ways to prevent African Americans from voting.

Today in labor history: Montgomery teenager refused to yield bus seat

October 21, 2014 By Special to People’s World

On this day in 1955, African-American Mary Louise Smith refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a bus in Montgomery Alabama.

Civil rights 2013: a cautionary tale from Alabama

August 23, 2013 By Scott Douglas

In July of 1963, I was preparing for my senior year at Nashville's Pearl High School. For me, news about the civil rights movement became an unsettling blend of darkest tragedies and heady victories.

Today in labor history: Freedom Riders attacked in Alabama

May 14, 2013 By Special to People’s World

On May 14, 1961, Freedom Riders were brutally attacked by violent, well-armed and organized mobs of Klansmen and other terrorists in Anniston and Birmingham, Ala., with the support of local law enforcement and politicians.

Today in labor history: King writes famous “Letter from Birmingham Jail”

April 16, 2013 By Teresa Albano

On April 16, 1963, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., imprisoned in Alabama for protesting segregation, wrote his powerful and eloquent answer to criticisms of him, the civil rights movement and its nonviolent direct action tactics.