Events Index
Rousseau's Raid
Rousseau's Raid was a series of attacks by Union forces, led by Maj. Gen. Lovell Harrison Rousseau,...Sack of Athens
Located in the upper north-central part of Alabama in Limestone County, the city of Athens was the scene...Scottsboro Trials
The Scottsboro Trials were among the most infamous episodes of legal injustice in the Jim Crow South....Secession
Secession is the doctrine that the people of each state, having voluntarily entered the Union, have the...Second Creek War
The Second Creek War (1836-1837), also called the Creek War of 1836, was a conflict between the U.S. Army …Second Treaty of Washington (1826)
The 1826 Treaty of Washington between the United States and the Creek Nation replaced the fraudulent...Selma to Montgomery March
The 1965 Selma to Montgomery March was the climactic event of the Selma voting rights demonstrations....Stand in the Schoolhouse Door
The "stand in the schoolhouse door" incident was Alabama Governor George Wallace's symbolic opposition...Streight's Raid
Streight's Raid, a Civil War campaign conducted by Union colonel Abel D. Streight from April 19...Ten Commandments Monument Controversy
In 2001, Alabama was thrust into the center of a national controversy about the presence of religious...
