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Greensboro is located in west- central Alabama. More attention was brought to Greensboro when Walker Evan's and James Agee's exploration of the effect of the depression on agriculture was on the rise. They studied photography and documented agricultural differences in black and white photography.
-Alessia Aucoin

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The great depression in Eutaw, Alabama highlighted the inequalities within the societal system. It challenged the industrial aspect of the community and the mistreatment of industrial workers at the time. There was also a decline in the agricultural system, it suffered drastically due to the civil war as well prior to the war it had already been suffering. From the civil war Eutaw developed and has aided in the development of national civil rights.
-Alessia Aucoin

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The great depression in Selma, Alabama sparked an uprising of individuals fighting for black rights. The general community came together to fight for their basic civil rights through, the infamous Bloody Sunday rally. In this rally the idea was for the activists to march from Selma to the capital Montgomery, but this never occurred. Six hundred of the activists were brutally beaten,  even though they were unarmed. Martin Luther King was also involved in this march. The individuals were fighting for their basic civil rights and will evermore known as a major piece in the fight for freedom and civil rights.
-Alessia Aucoin

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Location: The United States
Alabama, 1931.

Who was Involved
Nine young black males were involved within this trial. Charlie Weems, Ozie Powell, Clarence Norris, Olen Montgomery, Willie Roberson, Haywood Patterson, Eugene Williams, and Andrew and Leroy Wright.
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The Conviction
These boys were accused of raping two white women on-board a freight train in the Southern United States.

The Verdict
Due to poor legal representation, all but one of these boys were convicted and sentenced to death. The medical evidence proved that they were innocent. After three trials ruled guilty, some with bias judges and all with little to no black jury members, the supreme court ruled that back people needed to be on the jury, and that this case needed a retrial. Four boys were found not guilty. The remaining five got 75 years to life in prison, and only two of those survived.
-Noah Batiuk/ Cameron Gamez

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Location: The United States, South, Alabama, 1880's to 1960's

Jim Crow Laws
Dating back from the 1880's to the 1960's, a number of racially discriminatory laws were passed and enforced throughout the USA. These laws were called "Jim Crow" laws. Some of said laws are listed here, specifically from Alabama:

- White nurses could not work in places where black men were within the hospital
- Bus stations needed to have separate sections for whites and blacks
- Separate train cars for blacks and whites
- Sufficient separation between blacks and whites within a restaurant
- Separate toilets for different races
- Black and white people cannot play pool together

-Noah Batiuk

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Harper Lee was born on April 28, 1926 , in Monroeville, Alabama.In 1959 she finished writing the manuscript of her book To Kill a Mockingbird . Harper Lee says that her novel "to kill a mockingbird" was not autobiographical. However there are a lot of similarities between scout's and Harper's life.Harper Lee's father was a lawyer,like Atticus .Lee also had a special friend that was going to become the famous author Trueman Capote would come to visit.A lot of people think that what influenced her to write the book was her own experience.

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Location: The United States, South, 1861-1865

Alabama's Contribution
In 1861, Alabama had contributed about 120,000 white males to the Confederate armed forces. About 2,576 men had served in the Union Army. Estimated 90,000-100,000 males were serving in the CSA army, contributed from Alabama. This contribution would have caused a sort of panic for males, mainly because they would have been taken into for war. Also many of the attitudes of whites towards blacks would have been very hateful and controlling. Most blacks were used to help building roads, cooking etc. Which gave many of the whites control over them. This changed their attitudes indefinitely. -Cameron Gamez

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Location: The United States, South

History of the Depression
The crash of the stock market began in early October 1929. The crash was most strongly felt in the southern states of America. Although president Franklin D. Roosevelt put forth a plan of economic relief it was only slowly incorporated, and took much time to enact in each of the individual states. In the southern states a decline in agriculture had already been taking a toll on the local economy, prior to the start of the depression. The depression reshaped the state's political, economical, and social system. This highlighted many inequalities within the community, leading to many individuals being influenced to fight for their basic civil rights.
-Alessia Aucoin