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State population= 2,646,248.
White population= 1,700,844
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Nine black youths, soon to be known as the Scootsborough boys. They were Charged with raping two white women on a freight train and convicted by an all white jury
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Tennessee Valley Authority is act created to develop resources of poor Appalachian South, including large parts of northern Alabama
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The Bankhead Cotton Control Act is passed to boost the price of cotton by limiting the amount of cotton a farmer could sell.
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Jesse Owens wins his first gold medal at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, Germany. But German leader Adolf Hitler ignored the star athlete because he was black.
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The State sales tax is created to help fund better education.
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The Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenancy Act was passed to provide federal loans to farm tenants so they could buy land.
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-State population= 2,832,961.
-White population= 1,849,097
-African-American population= 983,290
-As you can see, the white population has increased by 150 000, and the african american population has only increased by 30 000
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