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'''Alabama''' was an [[United States of America|American]] and [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] state. In [[1865]], according to Captain [[Jackson Price]], the town of [[Blakely]] housed a Colonel [[Ezekiel John Smith]], who was a seventy-year-old doctor in service to the Confederate army. Price had been asked by Colonel [[Jubal Eustace]] to discover what "Doctor [[John Smith]]s" the Confederacy had engaged, and this Alabamian was the only one Price could find. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Blood and Hope]]'')
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'''Alabama''' was an [[United States of America|American]] and [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] state. It included the city of [[Montgomery|Montogmery]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Rosa (TV story)|Rosa]]'') and the town of [[Blakely]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Blood and Hope (novel)|Blood and Hope]]'')


[[Morton Dill]] was from Alabama. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Chase]]'')
== History ==
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=== 19th century ===
In [[1865]], according to Captain [[Jackson Price]], the [[town]] of [[Blakely]] housed a Colonel [[Ezekiel John Smith]], who was a seventy-year-old [[doctor]] in service to the Confederate army. Price had been asked by Colonel [[Jubal Eustace]] to discover what "Doctor [[John Smith]]s" the Confederacy had engaged, and this Alabamian was the only one Price could find. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Blood and Hope (novel)|Blood and Hope]]'')


=== 20th century ===
By at least [[1943]], a system of [[racial segregation]] was in place in Alabama. [[Black people]] and [[Mexico|Mexicans]] were often forced to use separate facilities from the [[White people|whites]]. In the city of [[Montgomery]], black people had to enter and sit at the back of [[bus]]es. When [[Rosa Parks]] entered at the front and attempted to question the system, she was forced to get off the bus. Trying to enter through the back door, the driver instead drove off without her.
Racial segregation was still in place by 1955, along with constant violent [[racism]]. When [[Ryan Sinclair]] attempted to hand a dropped glove back to a passerby, [[Lizzie Steele]], her [[Steele (Rosa)|husband]] ordered him to keep his "filthy black hands" off her, and alluded to the practice of lynching were he to disturb a white woman in Montgomery. Ryan was denied service at [[Slim's Bar]] for being a "negro" as well as [[Yasmin Khan]], who was of [[Pakistan]]i heritage but misidentified as Mexican. [[Police officer|Police Officer]] [[Mason (Rosa)|Mason]] searched the [[Sahara Springs Motel]] and warned the [[Thirteenth Doctor]] and [[Graham O'Brien]] that it was a criminal offence to harbour a "coloured" person on segregated premises.
On [[1 December]] [[1955]], while travelling home from work, [[Civil Rights Movement|civil rights]] [[activist]] Rosa Parks famously refused to give up her bus seat when the bus became crowded, leading to her arrest, an event that the Thirteenth Doctor, Ryan Sinclair, Yasmin Khan, and Graham O'Brien witnessed. Her arrest led to the [[Montgomery Bus Boycott]], and a further chain of events that would result in the abolition of segregation [[1956|a year later]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rosa (TV story)|Rosa]]'')
In [[1966]] the Alabaman [[Morton Dill]] toured [[New York City]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Chase (TV story)|The Chase]]'')
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Latest revision as of 20:15, 4 May 2024

Alabama

Alabama was an American and Confederate state. It included the city of Montogmery (TV: Rosa) and the town of Blakely. (PROSE: Blood and Hope)

History[[edit] | [edit source]]

19th century[[edit] | [edit source]]

In 1865, according to Captain Jackson Price, the town of Blakely housed a Colonel Ezekiel John Smith, who was a seventy-year-old doctor in service to the Confederate army. Price had been asked by Colonel Jubal Eustace to discover what "Doctor John Smiths" the Confederacy had engaged, and this Alabamian was the only one Price could find. (PROSE: Blood and Hope)

20th century[[edit] | [edit source]]

By at least 1943, a system of racial segregation was in place in Alabama. Black people and Mexicans were often forced to use separate facilities from the whites. In the city of Montgomery, black people had to enter and sit at the back of buses. When Rosa Parks entered at the front and attempted to question the system, she was forced to get off the bus. Trying to enter through the back door, the driver instead drove off without her.

Racial segregation was still in place by 1955, along with constant violent racism. When Ryan Sinclair attempted to hand a dropped glove back to a passerby, Lizzie Steele, her husband ordered him to keep his "filthy black hands" off her, and alluded to the practice of lynching were he to disturb a white woman in Montgomery. Ryan was denied service at Slim's Bar for being a "negro" as well as Yasmin Khan, who was of Pakistani heritage but misidentified as Mexican. Police Officer Mason searched the Sahara Springs Motel and warned the Thirteenth Doctor and Graham O'Brien that it was a criminal offence to harbour a "coloured" person on segregated premises.

On 1 December 1955, while travelling home from work, civil rights activist Rosa Parks famously refused to give up her bus seat when the bus became crowded, leading to her arrest, an event that the Thirteenth Doctor, Ryan Sinclair, Yasmin Khan, and Graham O'Brien witnessed. Her arrest led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott, and a further chain of events that would result in the abolition of segregation a year later. (TV: Rosa)

In 1966 the Alabaman Morton Dill toured New York City. (TV: The Chase)