Tag Archives: 1960’s

James Hood

Posted on February 28, 2013 by kgmatheny | Posted in: African-American History, Photographs, Southern History, UA History | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

On any given weekday, you will see a variety of students from different ethnicities, religions and socioeconomic classes wandering the quad, dorms, and halls. As an institution, we have come to reflect and embrace these differences, but the University of … Continue reading →

Lasting Impressions

Posted on January 25, 2013 by kgmatheny | Posted in: Cool Collections, Ephemera, Foreign Language, Newly Online | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

What do pamphlets from the late 18th c. French Revolution and fliers in support of a radical professor in the 1960s and 70s have in common? They were printed and handed out by people supporting radical causes, and they are … Continue reading →

Football Champs Again!

Posted on January 9, 2013 by kgmatheny | Posted in: Photographs, Sports, UA History | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

To celebrate UA Football’s 15th national championship, we share these scenes of championship football past and the faithful support of Tide fans throughout the years! January 1926. Running back Johnny Mack Brown takes a break on the sidelines during the … Continue reading →

Hidden Gem: comedian Dick Gregory at Emphasis ’70

Posted on January 4, 2013 by kgmatheny | Posted in: African-American History, Audio, UA History | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

When he took the stage at UA in October 1969, African-American comedian Dick Gregory joked that he’d meant to be there six months before, for the previous Emphasis program, but he’d been in jail at the time and couldn’t make … Continue reading →

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 Million Dollar Band hits its centennial

Posted on October 11, 2012 by kgmatheny | Posted in: UA History | Tagged , , | 1 Comment

This year marks 100 years for UA’s Million Dollar Band! Here they are featured in the 1969 Corolla yearbook: 1957: 1959: 1965: Posing in front of Gorgas Library in 1966:

Snapshot into the 1960s with student magazine Farrago

Posted on August 23, 2012 by kgmatheny | Posted in: Cool Collections, Interviews, Sports, UA History | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Welcome back, students! I’m sure I don’t have to tell you that we’re just over a week away from the first football game of the season! Did you know that a UA student magazine, Farrago, interviewed Bear Bryant at the … Continue reading →

Working Lives Oral History Project

Posted on January 13, 2012 by kgmatheny | Posted in: African-American History, Audio, Cool Collections, Industrial, Interviews | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Our Digital Collections not only feature manuscripts and photographs, but also audio. One of our audio collections is the Working Lives Oral History Project. Funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, this project focuses on black … Continue reading →

Cotton production in the 60’s

Posted on August 19, 2011 by kgmatheny | Posted in: African-American History, Cool Collections | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

One of the major forms of agriculture in the south, cotton production shaped the lives of many. The Marjory L. Smith Slide Collection contains 71 color slides taken by Marjorie in and around Hayneville (Lowndes County) Alabama in the early … Continue reading →