Alabama state politics gained nationwide and international attention in the 1950s and 1960s during the civil rights movement, when whites bureaucratically, and at times violently, resisted protests for electoral and social reform.
ˌæləbˈæmə stˈeɪt pˈɑːlətˌɪks ɡˈeɪnd nˈeɪʃənwˌaɪd ænd ˌɪntɚnˈæʃənəl ɐtˈɛnʃən ɪnðə nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti z ænd nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti z dˈʊɹɹɪŋ ðə sˈɪvəl ɹˈaɪts mˈuːvmənt, wˌɛn wˈaɪts bjˌʊɹɹoʊkɹˈæɾɪkli, ænd æt tˈaɪmz vˈaɪələntli, ɹᵻzˈɪstᵻd pɹˈoʊtɛsts fɔːɹ ᵻlˈɛktɚɹəl ænd sˈoʊʃəl ɹᵻfˈɔːɹm.