Civil Rights – Alabama

Fact sheet on Autauga County; 8/12/65 memo from Hubert Humphrey to the President on the Title VI notice of hearing to Alabama; 3/11/65 summary of federal efforts in Selma; 1/29/64 report on Birmingham.

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Basic Information on AUTAUGA COUNTY, ALABAMA Per 1960 Census, conduc it ed by the Bureau of the Census Population 18,739- Non-whites 42.2% Number of families 4,285 ONE HALF OF THESE FAMILIES HAVE INCOMES OF LESS THAN $3,200 MORE THAN A THIRD OF THESE FAMILIES HAVE INCOMES OF LESS THAN $2,000 ONLY FIVE PER CENT OF THESE FAMILIES HAVE INCOMES OVER $10,000 Education 25 TWENTY TWO PER CENT OF THE POPULATION OVER YEARB OLD HAS COMPLETED LESS THAN FIVE YEARS OF SCHOOL. ONLY ONE QUARTER OF THE ADULT POPULATION HAS COMPLETED HIGH SCHOOL IN THE WHOLE COUNTY, THERE WERE ONLY 54 PEOPLE ENROLLED IN COLLEGE IN 1960. Housing ONLY 38.5% OF THE HOUSES IN THE COUNTY WERE STRUCTURALLY SOUND WITH STANDARD INDOOR PLUMBONG THE MEDIAN RENT FOR HOUSING IN THE COUNTY WAS $30/ M ONTH.