Topics covered: change in the form of city government; swearing-in of Mayor Albert Boutwell and City Council members; ouster of the City Commission and subsequent controversy. These scrapbooks, compiled by the Birmingham City Council, contain newspaper clippings relating to Birmingham and the City Council.

Microfilm (source)

Birmingham Public Library (Alabama) (publisher)

1963

Topics covered: Controversy between Commission or Mayor-Council form of city government; campaigns of candidates for Mayor and City Council positions. These scrapbooks, compiled by the Birmingham City Council, contain newspaper clippings relating to Birmingham and the City Council.

Microfilm (source)

Birmingham Public Library (Alabama) (publisher)

1963

Topics covered: merger controversy; school integration plan; record budget sent to City Council; industrial site survey submitted; black protest of school integration plan. These scrapbooks, compiled by the Birmingham City Council, contain newspaper clippings relating to Birmingham and the City Council.

Microfilm (source)

Birmingham Public Library (Alabama) (publisher)

1964

Topics covered: Connor vs New York Times trial; "Thrill Hill"; merger controversy in Homewood; sinkholes in Inglenook; cable television. These scrapbooks, compiled by the Birmingham City Council, contain newspaper clippings relating to Birmingham and the City Council.

Microfilm (source)

Birmingham Public Library (Alabama) (publisher)

1964

Topics covered: Election controversy; campaigns of candidates; Boutwell-Connor run-off election for Mayor; platforms of mayoral candidates; election of Albert Boutwell; new era for Birmingham. These scrapbooks, compiled by the Birmingham City Council, contain newspaper clippings relating to Birmingham and the City Council.

Microfilm (source)

Birmingham Public Library (Alabama) (publisher)

1963

Topics covered: Racial issues; transit strike ends; opposition to amendments to Council (Dominick Bill); reopening of municipal golf courses; budget problems. These scrapbooks, compiled by the Birmingham City Council, contain newspaper clippings relating to Birmingham and the City Council.

Microfilm (source)

Birmingham Public Library (Alabama) (publisher)

1963

Topics covered: Bond issue; annexation proposals; Red Mountain Expressway; problems of transit system; "City of Fear" article, 2/25/63; "Bad Birmingham Image" article, 3/5/63; segregation-integration controversy; "Outside Agitators" article, 4/4/63. These scrapbooks, compiled by the Birmingham City Council, contain newspaper clippings relating to Birmingham and the City Council.

Microfilm (source)

Birmingham Public Library (Alabama) (publisher)

1963

Topics covered: Plan for a mayoral assistant; budget hearings; merger controversy; Legion Field expansion controversy; postal facility funding; new civil rights law in effect; proposed 20th Street mall. These scrapbooks, compiled by the Birmingham City Council, contain newspaper clippings relating to Birmingham and the City Council.

Microfilm (source)

Birmingham Public Library (Alabama) (publisher)

1964

Topics covered: representatives from Birmingham meet with President Kennedy; Royall-Blaik fact-finding team; black policemen controversy; transit system sale; overview of racial situation in Birmingham, 10/13/63; city seeking new sources of revenue. These scrapbooks, compiled by the Birmingham City Council, contain newspaper clippings relating to Birmingham and the City Council.

Microfilm (source)

Birmingham Public Library (Alabama) (publisher)

1963

Topics covered: High school stadium issue; local reaction to assassination of President Kennedy; drive to return to city commission form of government; expressway problems; sales tax issue. These scrapbooks, compiled by the Birmingham City Council, contain newspaper clippings relating to Birmingham and the City Council.

Microfilm (source)

Birmingham Public Library (Alabama) (publisher)

1964

Topics covered: Tax plans; Legion Field; expressway problems; black policemen survey. These scrapbooks, compiled by the Birmingham City Council, contain newspaper clippings relating to Birmingham and the City Council.

Microfilm (source)

Birmingham Public Library (Alabama) (publisher)

1964

Topics covered: merger controversy; fight to return to city commission government fails; plans for new civic center; medical center expansion. These scrapbooks, compiled by the Birmingham City Council, contain newspaper clippings relating to Birmingham and the City Council.

Microfilm (source)

Birmingham Public Library (Alabama) (publisher)

1964

Topics covered: Annexation proposals; budget; public schools desegregation controversy; formation of Community Affairs Committee; repeal of city segreationg ordinances, 7/23/63; "breach of peace law" adopted, 7/24/63; problems with transit system. These scrapbooks, compiled by the Birmingham City Council, contain newspaper clippings relating to Birmingham and the City Council.

Microfilm (source)

Birmingham Public Library (Alabama) (publisher)

1963

Topics covered: Budget problems; Domick Bill; transit system problems; Loveman's "bombing"; threats on the life of Mayor Boutwell; Arthur D. Shores' home bombed, 8/21/63; annexation; school desegregation problems; bombing of Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, 8/16/63; Royall-Blaik fact-finding team. These scrapbooks, compiled by the Birmingham City Council, contain newspaper clippings relating to Birmingham and the City Council.

Microfilm (source)

Birmingham Public Library (Alabama) (publisher)

1963

Topics covered: Airport expansion; "Birmingham Tomorrow" project; opening of community centers; "Sell Birmingham" program; city schools need improvements; April rainfall brings sewage problems. These scrapbooks, compiled by the Birmingham City Council, contain newspaper clippings relating to Birmingham and the City Council.

Microfilm (source)

Birmingham Public Library (Alabama) (publisher)

1964

Topics covered: merger proposal; demand for the hiring of black policemen; visit by Governor George Wallace; Legion Field expansion; new postal facility; "Church Bombers in City, 5/30/64; budget requests. These scrapbooks, compiled by the Birmingham City Council, contain newspaper clippings relating to Birmingham and the City Council.

Microfilm (source)

Birmingham Public Library (Alabama) (publisher)

1964

Black and white photograph of Art Hanes speaking with a microphone in front of him.

Birmingham Post Herald Civil Rights Photographs, Collection 827, Archives Department (source)

Birmingham Post Herald (publisher)

Birmingham Post Herald (creator)

1963