Anniston Hardware

Anniston Hardware, in Anniston, Alabama was bombed by the KKK in 1964 during the Civil Rights Movement.^[1] The company had been incorporated in 1887 when Anniston was opened to the public. James Creswell Sproull was the founder, and in 1905, he was mayor of Anniston.^[2] J.C. Sproull's grandson, H. Miller Sproull, was a City Commissioner in 1963, and was a leader in appointing a bi-racial Anniston "Human Relations Council" which assisted in desegregation. After a previous desegregation attempt was met with mob violence, on Monday, September 16, 1963, Miller Sproull participated in escorting black ministers into the public library to integrate that facility. The bombing of the store took place in February 1964, along with several other facilities associated with white community leaders involved in desegregation.^[3]

References

↑ Beyond the Burning Bus: The Civil Rights Revolution in a Southern Town by Phil Noble, p. 123.
↑ Annie's Town by Tee Morgan, p.78
↑ Beyond the Burning Bus, supra

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[1] Beyond the Burning Bus: The Civil Rights Revolution in a Southern Town by Phil Noble, p. 123.

[2] Annie's Town by Tee Morgan, p.78

[3] Beyond the Burning Bus, supra

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