Category Archives: Southern History

Be Thankful for the Right to Vote

Posted on November 5, 2012 by kgmatheny | Posted in: African-American History, Audio, Interviews, Southern History | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

“A non-voter is not a half a citizen.” — Interview with H. D. Coke, 1984 Like Coke, many of the elderly African Americans interviewed for the Working Lives Oral History Project remember the struggle to register to vote during the … Continue reading →

The Woodward Iron Company

Posted on April 20, 2012 by kgmatheny | Posted in: Industrial, Photographs, Southern History | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

This post features photographs from the Woodward Family Collection and displays plant operations and different industrial scenes from the 19th century. The Woodward Iron Company was founded by two brothers, Joseph and William Woodward on December 31, 1881. William served … Continue reading →

1867 Alabama Constitutional Convention

Posted on February 21, 2012 by kgmatheny | Posted in: African-American History, Cool Collections, Southern History | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

This week we are looking at an item in our digital collection that highlights African-American history, in honor of Black History Month. This item is a speech by Elisha Wolsey Peck, chairman of the Alabama Constitutional Convention of 1867. The … Continue reading →