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Alabama
Political repression plays out state by state — shaped by local institutions, prosecutors, and movements for defense. These are the documented political prisoners and cases the census holds for Alabama.
283Documented
5In custody
166Released
3Awaiting trial
Eras of repression in Alabama
Where Alabama’s entries fall across the census’s historical eras.
1930s 177
1960s 39
1970s 26
2020s 11
1950s 10
1980s 4
Recent dashboard entries from Alabama
The newest published events and reporting located in Alabama, updated automatically from the live dashboard.
Protest
About 400 march silently to the Edmund Pettus Bridge in an 'All Roads Lead to the South' voting-rights action
Protest
Thousands attend protests in Selma and Montgomery for voting rights
Prosecution
The Justice Department indicted the Southern Poverty Law Center on 11 federal fraud and money-laundering counts; the civil-rights group pleaded not guilty, called it a vindictive, politically motivated prosecution, and moved to dismiss the case
Prosecution
Fairhope "No Kings" costume protester Renea Gamble acquitted on all charges
Arrest
Woman in an inflatable costume arrested at the Fairhope No Kings protest
Protest
About 5,000 rally at Railroad Park for a Birmingham No Kings protest
Protest
A No Kings rally draws a crowd at the Houston County Courthouse in Dothan
Protest
Jeana Gamble arrested in a costume at an Alabama "No Kings" protest; acquitted of all charges
Documented cases
283 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.
Wirt Taylor
Released
Wirt R. Taylor was an Unemployed Council organizer in Birmingham, Alabama. On November 7, 1932, he and Alice B...
Louise Thompson
Louise Thompson was the International Workers Order's organizer in the South. The Daily Worker of May 14, 1934...
James Timothy Turner
Released
James Timothy Turner, known as Tim Turner, is an Alabama man who founded and led the Republic for the united S...
Willie Vaughn
Released
Willie Vaughn participated in the Fort Deposit protests and was jailed at Hayneville. He escaped the shooting...
Wyatt T. Walker
Released
Wyatt T. Walker was executive director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference when he was arrested in...
Charlie Weems
Released
Charlie Weems was one of the nine Black teenagers prosecuted in the Scottsboro case. On March 25, 1931 nine Bl...
Homer Welch
Released
Homer Welch was an organizer for the United Textile Workers in the Southern textile industry. National Guard t...
Eugene Williams
Released
Eugene Williams was one of the nine Black youths arrested at Paint Rock, Alabama, on March 25, 1931, in the Sc...
Abraham Lincoln Woods Jr.
Released
Abraham Lincoln Woods Jr. was an Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights cofounder and a Birmingham civil...
Calvin Woods
Released
Calvin Woods was a Birmingham pastor and a leader of the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights.
The Rev...
Andy Wright
Released
Andy Wright was one of the nine Black teenagers prosecuted in the Scottsboro case. On March 25, 1931 nine Blac...
Roy Wright
Released
Roy Wright was one of the nine Black teenagers prosecuted in the Scottsboro case. On March 25, 1931 nine Black...
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Willie Grove
Willie Grove was a Share Croppers Union supporter detained during the 1935 Alabama cotton strike. A contempora...
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Robert Wood
Robert Wood was an International Labor Defense district secretary. Page 13 reports that on May Day 1935 he was...
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Alex Vaughn
Released
Alex Vaughn is individually named among ten people arrested at an unemployed-workers meeting in a private home...
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Thorpe
Released
Thorpe is individually named among ten people arrested at an unemployed-workers meeting in a private home in F...
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Jim Burke
Released
Jim Burke is individually named among ten people arrested at an unemployed-workers meeting in a private home i...
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Sokol
Released
Sokol is individually named among ten people arrested at an unemployed-workers meeting in a private home in Fa...
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Blacketon
Released
Blacketon is individually named among ten people arrested at an unemployed-workers meeting in a private home i...
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Bouthwell
Released
Bouthwell is individually named among ten people arrested at an unemployed-workers meeting in a private home i...
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McKenzie
Released
McKenzie is individually named among ten people arrested at an unemployed-workers meeting in a private home in...
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Murphy
Released
Murphy is individually named among ten people arrested at an unemployed-workers meeting in a private home in F...
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Barnett
Released
Barnett is individually named among ten people arrested at an unemployed-workers meeting in a private home in...
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Lee Gann
Lee Gann was one of three elected representatives of Birmingham forced-labor relief strikers arrested at the W...
Institutions in Alabama
Prisons, jails, and detention centers in Alabama that appear in the census’s case files.
Birmingham City JailBirmingham, Alabama
20 cases
Kilby PrisonMontgomery, Alabama
11 cases
Atmore State PrisonAtmore, Alabama
8 cases
Holman PrisonAtmore, Alabama
7 cases
Montgomery City JailMontgomery, Alabama
4 cases
Jefferson County Jail (Birmingham, Alabama)Birmingham, Alabama
4 cases
Montgomery County JailMontgomery, Alabama
3 cases
Etowah County JailGadsden, Alabama
1 case