Juliette Hampton Morgan - Montgomery, Alabama
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N 32° 22.322 W 086° 18.352
16S E 565299 N 3581885
Marker honoring Juliette Hampton Morgan, who championed the cause of civil rights while working in the public library.
Waymark Code: WMD9XY
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 12/11/2011
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Juliette Hampton Morgan was a librarian in Montgomery, but it was her outspoken support of civil rights that caused problems for her. The main library is named for her.
Marker Name: Juliette Hampton Morgan
Marker Type: Urban
Addtional Information::
The marker text reads:
Juliette Hampton Morgan
Juliette Hampton Morgan was a white Montgomery, Alabama librarian whose privileged upbringing seemed unlikely to produce the determined civil rights activist that she became. Her letters to the Montgomery Advertiser supporting the 1956 Bus Boycott, integration of the University of Alabama, and national compliance with public school integration drew fire from traditionalists who demanded her resignation. People boycotted the Carnegie Library on Perry Street where she worked, taunted and insulted her, and burned a cross on her front lawn. In 1952, she wrote to a friend, "there are thousands [like me] who want to change our old order, but they are afraid of speaking out. I believe that is our biggest problem - overcoming the fear of decent white people."
Sponsored by The Friends of the Montgomery City-County Public Library
Alabama Historical Association
2008
Date Dedicated / Placed: 2008
Marker Number: Not Listed
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