Curtis Wells and the Deep Well of North Alabama History
In a rural Decatur area, Curtis Wells near Moulton Heights drew crowds during 19th century yellow fever fears for its chalybeate iron-sulphur water. Residents recall depths debated from shallow springs to perhaps hundreds of feet, with tales of old owners, local promoters, and a waning medical faith that kept the site alive as a memory of a fever era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moulton Heights
Curtis Wells
Randy Rhodes
Alabama
James Norwood
Decatur Post Office
Charles
Rhodes
Judson Stockton
Anderson
Curtis Place
Decatur
Jim Woodall
Woodall
Joe Taylor Anderson
North
Sand Mountain
Paul’ Bunyans
Decade of Hatred and the Brown v Board Milestone
Linda Brown’s school path and a landmark 1954 Supreme Court ruling ended separate but equal in public education. The piece traces Plessy v Ferguson’s earlier standard, the social upheaval, and the nationwide impact on rights, politics, and daily life across the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linda Brown
Oliver Brown
Monroe
Linda
Summer Elementary
Brown
U.S. Supreme Court
Board of Education
Kansas
New Mexico
Arizona
Wyoming
Supreme Court
Sumner Elementary
America
Earl Warren
Topeka
South Carolina
Virginia
Delaware
District of Columbia
California
Hugo Llack
Alabama
Harold H. Burton
Massachusetts
Tom C. Clark
Texas
William C. Douglas
Minnesota
Felix Frankfurter
Vienna
New’ York
Robert H. Jackson
Pennsylvania
Sherman Minton
Indiana
Stanley F. Reed
Kentucky
Hearts and Minds
Plessy
Walter Gellhorn
Betts
Columbia University
NAACP Expands Goals After Court Ruling and Violence
The NAACP announced broader aims to end housing and job discrimination following a Supreme Court ruling against school segregation. The movement faced regional resistance and fatal violence, including a 1954 shooting at an NAACP leader's home in Sulphur Springs, Texas, amid ongoing civil rights battles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Eastland
Mississippi
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Supreme Court
NAACP
Sulphur , Springs
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John Knox
Moulton
C. C. Graves
Oak Grove
Lovelady
Winston County
Jack Anderson Place
Mud Tavern
Norwood
Drew Young
Morgan County
W. F. Long
Thomas
Pleasant Hill
Joe ‘Taylor Robinson
Simpson
Robinson
Joe Taylor Robinson
Capt
Joseph Robinson
Greenville
S.C
Walker County
Arkadelphia
Joe Wheeler
Sewell Place
Courtland
Jack Gunn
Flint Creek
Mud Tavern Hill
George Russel
H. E. Lovelady
Louisville
Courierguage
United States
Voice of America
China
Hartford Courant
Birmingham Post-Herald
Atlanta Constitution
Nation
South
Lae
Nashville
Tenn
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