NAACP Barbour County 5075

06/20/2025

Save Date: October 18 2025 in Eufaula, AL!

06/12/2025

06/12/2025

This is why we should be voting!!!!!

Lest We forget: James Meredith shot by a sniper on June 6, 1966...

James H. Meredith, who in 1962 became the first Afrikan to attend the University of Mississippi, is shot by a sniper shortly after beginning a lone civil rights march through the South. Known as the "March Against Fear," Meredith had been walking from Memphis, Tennessee, to Jackson, Mississippi, in an attempt to encourage voter registration by African Americans in the South.

A former serviceman in the U.S. Air Force, Meredith applied and was accepted to the University of Mississippi in 1962, but his admission was revoked when the registrar learned of his race. A federal court ordered "Ole Miss" to admit him, but when he tried to register on September 20, 1962, he found the entrance to the office blocked by Mississippi Governor Ross Barnett. On September 28, the governor was found guilty of civil contempt and was ordered to cease his interference with desegregation at the university or face arrest and a fine of $10,000 a day. Two days later, Meredith was escorted onto the Ole Miss campus by U.S. Marshals, setting off riots that resulted in the deaths of two students. He returned the next day and began classes. In 1963, Meredith, who was a transfer student from all-black Jackson State College, graduated with a degree in political science.

Three years later, Meredith returned to the public eye when he began his March Against Fear. On June 6, just one day into the march, he was sent to a hospital by a sniper's bullet. Other civil rights leaders, including Martin Luther King, Jr., and Stokely Carmichael, arrived to continue the march on his behalf. It was during the March Against Fear that Carmichael, who was leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, first spoke publicly of "Black Power"--his concept of militant African American nationalism. James Meredith later recovered and rejoined the march he had originated, and on June 26 the marchers successfully reached Jackson, Mississippi.

Source: History Channel

06/10/2025

06/10/2025

Today marks 61 years since Bloody Tuesday in Tuscaloosa when hundreds of protestors were brutally attacked while peacefully demonstrating against racial segregation. We should never forget their sacrifices and the pivotal role they played in the Civil Rights Movement.

06/03/2025

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05/30/2025

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05/27/2025

The Eufaula City Board of Education will hold a special board meeting on Wednesday, May 28, 2025, at 1:00 p.m. The meeting will be held in the Board Meeting Room of the Eufaula City Board of Education Central Office, located at 333 State Docks Road, Eufaula, Alabama. The purpose of the meeting is to address routine personnel matters and first reading of 2025-2026 Code of Conduct.

The regular monthly meeting will be Tuesday, June 24, 2025, at 5:30 p.m. in the Board Meeting room of the Eufaula City Board of Education Central Office, located at 333 State Docks Road, Eufaula, Alabama.

Public attendance at Board meetings is always welcome. Citizens who would like to address the Board must register in writing or via email ([email protected]) with Mrs. Webb at 687-1100, extension 1010, in the Superintendent’s Office twenty-four (24) hours before the meeting.

05/27/2025

Utility Assistance for Barbour County!

05/22/2025

It was a warm morning in the 1930s, and the front yard of the Helping Hand Day Nursery and Kindergarten was alive with the quiet energy of small children. Laughter echoed between the wooden walls of the little building, as women—teachers, mothers, caretakers—gathered outside, holding babies and guiding toddlers in neat rows.

Miss Evelyn, dressed in crisp white, held a sleeping infant in her arms. She had seen generations of children pass through this nursery—many from struggling families, some whose parents worked long hours in kitchens or laundries nearby. But here, inside this modest place, the children were safe. Here, they were learning.

The sign above them, bold and proud, stood for more than just a building. It meant opportunity. For the children, it meant early education, play, a hot meal. For the mothers, it meant a chance to work, to provide, to build a better future.

The Helping Hand wasn't just a nursery—it was a lifeline. In a time when resources were scarce and segregation kept doors closed, this little house opened one. And within it, a new generation took its first steps—toward learning, toward growth, and toward hope.