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Collection ID is exactly "40" AND Geographic Term contains "Alabama"
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Bulletin from the Associated Industries of Florida addressing the stances of the governors of Florida and Alabama regarding federal efforts to stop discrimination in defense industries, 1942

Bulletin from the Associated Industries of Florida addressing the stances of the governors of Florida and Alabama regarding federal efforts to stop discrimination in defense industries, 1942
Date
1942-08-11
Description
Bulletin from the Associated Industries of Florida, headquartered in Jacksonville, calling attention to a letter written by Florida governor Spessard Holland to the governor of Alabama, Frank Dixon, concurring with Dixon's opposition to the federal government's "discrimination by seller" clause, which aimed essentially to reduce racial discrimination in the nation's defense industries during World War II.
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Bulletin from the Associated Industries of Florida addressing the stances of the governors of Florida and Alabama regarding federal efforts to stop discrimination in defense industries, 1942

Bulletin from the Associated Industries of Florida addressing the stances of the governors of Florida and Alabama regarding federal efforts to stop discrimination in defense industries, 1942
Bulletin from the Associated Industries of Florida regarding Executive Order 8802 and its effects, 1942

Bulletin from the Associated Industries of Florida regarding Executive Order 8802 and its effects, 1942
Date
1942-08-05
Description
Bulletin from the Associated Industries of Florida, headquartered in Jacksonville, interpreting the implications of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Executive Order 8802 for the South and its tradition of racial segregation. The document quotes from a letter written by Alabama governor Frank Dixon, in which he expresses vigorous opposition to the order.
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Bulletin from the Associated Industries of Florida regarding Executive Order 8802 and its effects, 1942

Bulletin from the Associated Industries of Florida regarding Executive Order 8802 and its effects, 1942
Letter to Governor Spessard Holland from leaders of the Maddox Foundry & Machine Works, 1942

Letter to Governor Spessard Holland from leaders of the Maddox Foundry & Machine Works, 1942
Date
1942-08-20
Description
Letter from leaders of the Maddox Foundry & Machine Works in Archer, Florida to Governor Spessard Holland, commending him on his endorsement of Governor Frank M. Dixon's stance on President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Executive Order 8802. The order, signed by Roosevelt on June 25, 1941 to prevent racial discrimination in the nation's defense industries during World War II. The writers of this letter declare that the people of the South will never "submit" to coexisting on terms of equality with African Americans (here termed Negroes).
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Letter to Governor Spessard Holland from leaders of the Maddox Foundry & Machine Works, 1942

Letter to Governor Spessard Holland from leaders of the Maddox Foundry & Machine Works, 1942
Proclamation Appointing a Committee to Confer with Alabama Regarding a Transfer of Territory, 1869

Proclamation Appointing a Committee to Confer with Alabama Regarding a Transfer of Territory, 1869
Date
1869-02-03
Description
Proclamation by Florida Governor Harrison Reed appointing a committee to travel to Montgomery, Alabama to discuss ceding a portion of the Florida Panhandle to the State of Alabama.
Collection
Proclamation Appointing a Committee to Confer with Alabama Regarding a Transfer of Territory, 1869

Proclamation Appointing a Committee to Confer with Alabama Regarding a Transfer of Territory, 1869
Proclamation Ordering a Special Election to Decide Whether Portions of West Florida Should Be Annexed by Alabama, 1869

Proclamation Ordering a Special Election to Decide Whether Portions of West Florida Should Be Annexed by Alabama, 1869
Date
1869-06-25
Description
Proclamation by Florida Governor Harrison Reed ordering a special election to be held in the counties of Escambia, Santa Rosa, Walton, Holmes, Washington, Jackson, Calhoun, and Franklin to decide whether certain portions of West Florida (the Panhandle) should be annexed by Alabama.
Collection
Proclamation Ordering a Special Election to Decide Whether Portions of West Florida Should Be Annexed by Alabama, 1869

Proclamation Ordering a Special Election to Decide Whether Portions of West Florida Should Be Annexed by Alabama, 1869
Identifier Title Type Subject Thumbnail
s406_b066_f01_04Bulletin from the Associated Industries of Florida addressing the stances of the governors of Florida and Alabama regarding federal efforts to stop discrimination in defense industries, 1942TextSegregation
Race relations
Racism
Discrimination in employment
Defense industries--Government policy
States' rights (American politics)		/FMP/selected_documents/thumbnails/s406_b066_f01_04.jpg
s406_b066_f01_05Bulletin from the Associated Industries of Florida regarding Executive Order 8802 and its effects, 1942TextSegregation
States' rights (American politics)
Defense industries--Government policy
Discrimination in employment
Racism
Race relations		/FMP/selected_documents/thumbnails/s406_b066_f01_05.jpg
s406_b066_f01_02Letter to Governor Spessard Holland from leaders of the Maddox Foundry & Machine Works, 1942TextSegregation
Sectionalism (United States)--Public opinion
Racism
Race relations		/FMP/selected_documents/thumbnails/s406_b066_f01_02.jpg
s577_b004_f04_02Proclamation Appointing a Committee to Confer with Alabama Regarding a Transfer of Territory, 1869TextBoundaries
Interstate agreements		/FMP/selected_documents/thumbnails/s577_b004_f04_02.jpg
s577_b004_f04_03Proclamation Ordering a Special Election to Decide Whether Portions of West Florida Should Be Annexed by Alabama, 1869TextReferendum
Local elections		/FMP/selected_documents/thumbnails/s577_b004_f04_03.jpg