Events Index
General Textile Strike of 1934
On July 12, 1934, workers at the Dwight cotton textile mill in Gadsden, Etowah County, walked out. Two...Governor's Election of 1892
The Alabama governor's election of 1892 was one of the state's most corrupt electoral contests....Great Depression in Alabama
The Great Depression was a sustained, national economic recession that shaped the lives of all Alabamians....Great Migration From Alabama
In what came to be called the Great Migration, an estimated five and a half million African Americans...Grierson's Alabama Raid of April, 1865
Union Maj. Gen. Benjamin H. Grierson's cavalry raid through Alabama in April 1865 was among the...
