ALABAMA in the TWENTIETH CENTURY You are reading copyrighted material published by the University of Alabama Press. Any posting, copying, or distributing of this work beyond fair use as defined under U.S. Copyright law is illegal and injures the author and publisher. For permission to reuse this work, contact the University of Alabama Press. You are reading copyrighted material published by the University of Alabama Press. Any posting, copying, or distributing of this work beyond fair use as defined under U.S. Copyright law is illegal and injures the author and publisher. For permission to reuse this work, contact the University of Alabama Press. ALABAMA in the TWENTIETH CENTURY WAYNE FLYNT The University of Alabama Press • Tuscaloosa You are reading copyrighted material published by the University of Alabama Press. Any posting, copying, or distributing of this work beyond fair use as defined under U.S. Copyright law is illegal and injures the author and publisher. For permission to reuse this work, contact the University of Alabama Press. Copyright © 2004 The University of Alabama Press Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487-0380 All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America Designer: Michele Myatt Quinn Typeface: Granjon ∞ The paper on which this book is printed meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Science–Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984. Flynt, Wayne, 1940– Alabama in the twentieth century / Wayne Flynt. p. cm. — (The modern South) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8173-1430-X (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Alabama—History—20th century. 2. Alabama—Civilization— 20th century. I. Title. II. Series. F326.F754 2004 976.1′063—dc22 2004002841 The author acknowledges permission to reprint quotations from the following sources: From Booker T. Washington, “Useful Living”; and from Grover Hall to Major Howell, November 29, 1936, Grover Hall papers, courtesy the Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery Alabama. From E. B. Sledge, With the Old Breed at Peleliu and Okinawa (Novato, Calif.: Presidio Press, 1981), courtesy of John Sledge. From Gary Smith, “Crime and Punishment,” Sports Il- lustrated, June 24, 1996, courtesy of Gary Smith. From Nanci Kin- caid, Balls: A Novel (Chapel Hill, N.C.: Algonquin Books), courtesy of Nanci Kincaid. You are reading copyrighted material published by the University of Alabama Press. Any posting, copying, or distributing of this work beyond fair use as defined under U.S. Copyright law is illegal and injures the author and publisher. For permission to reuse this work, contact the University of Alabama Press. To Dorothy, As always, the light of my life. You are reading copyrighted material published by the University of Alabama Press. 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Any posting, copying, or distributing of this work beyond fair use as defined under U.S. Copyright law is illegal and injures the author and publisher. For permission to reuse this work, contact the University of Alabama Press. You are reading copyrighted material published by the University of Alabama Press. Any posting, copying, or distributing of this work beyond fair use as defined under U.S. Copyright law is illegal and injures the author and publisher. For permission to reuse this work, contact the University of Alabama Press. Illustrations Following page 292 Map of Alabama Counties, County Seats, and Geopolitical Regions South Alabama planters, 1920s Delegates to the 1901 Constitutional Convention Justice Hugo Black Virginia Durr and Rosa Parks Wallace campaign smear sheet for the 1970 gubernatorial runoff Train track in the Wiregrass region used by the timber industry Gov. George C. Wallace, Dr. Wernher von Braun, and Mr. James E. Webb Italian coal miners’ village The streets of Mobile during the 1920s Students of the Pinson rock school in the mid-1920s African American students, 1938 Mrs. W. A. Kirkland of Henry County on a John Deere tractor Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan Carrie Tuggle Booker T. Washington The 167th Infantry Regiment victory parade, Montgomery Railroad car from Mobile, with U.S. Army recruits in 1917 Airmen and a ®ight instructor, Tuskegee Tom Daniels, Auburn’s placekicker, 1893 Cartoon by Scott Stantis depicting Bobby Lowder’s control over Auburn University You are reading copyrighted material published by the University of Alabama Press. Any posting, copying, or distributing of this work beyond fair use as defined under U.S. Copyright law is illegal and injures the author and publisher. For permission to reuse this work, contact the University of Alabama Press.
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