Events Index
Presidential Race of 1928
The presidential election of 1928 was one of the most controversial in American history, providing a ...Presidential Reconstruction in Alabama
Presidential Reconstruction is the general term for the political and societal changes that began taking...Prohibition in Alabama
Alabama enacted Prohibition in 1907, well before the federal era of nationwide Prohibition (1919-1933). Throughout …Reconstruction in Alabama
Reconstruction is the general term for the process of political and social realignments and readjustments...Reynolds v. Sims
Reynolds v. Sims (377 U.S. 533) was a landmark 1964 United States Supreme Court decision in which the...Rose Bowl of 1926
The 1926 Rose Bowl game, in which the University of Alabama Crimson Tide defeated the heavily favored...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...
