National Center Scholarly Research

A number of scholars and students affiliated with the National Center for the Study of Civil Rights and African American Culture at Alabama State University engage in ongoing research. That research is deposited with the Alabama State University Library and Archives. In addition, excerpts of this research are made available on this web page.

Biography

  • E.D. Nixon
  • Rufus Lewis
  • John L. LaFlore
  • Reverend Richard Boone

Civil Rights

  • Alabama State University Student Movement
  • Alabama State University Student Sit-In Movement 
  • Montgomery Black Bus Drivers
  • Montgomery Bus Boycott
  • Selma to Montgomery March
  • Winston Craig
  • Women’s Political Council

Montgomery Neighborhoods

  • Centennial Hill
  • New Montgomery
  • Bell Air
  • Carver Park
  • Madison Park
  • Monroe Street
  • Mobile Heights

Organizations

  • NAACP in Montgomery
  • NAACP in Birmingham
  • NAACP in Mobile

Alabama State University

Levi Watkins Library

Levi Watkins Learning Center Digital Collections

Upcoming and Recent Programs

Ralph D. Abernathy Civil Rights Lecture Series: The Mass Meetings of the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the Awakening of Black Militancy


Keynote Speaker: Fred Gray, Civil Rights Attorney

Monday, December 3, 2018
6 p.m. | First Baptist Church, 347 N. Ripley Street

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The Colvin-Feagin Annual Communiy Art Show



Exhibit opening and artists' reception featuring local artists and live jazz.

Friday, October 5, 2018
Exhibit Dates: October 5, 2018 - January 11, 2019
1345 Carter Hill Road

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The Journey to Freedom: A Mural in Eight Parts

 

A Visual Interpretation of African-Americans’ Struggle for Recognition as Human Beings and First-Class Citizens

Commissioned by The National Center for the Study of Civil Rights and African-American Culture at Alabama State University

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