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`Welcome to Shoals Black History`

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Councilwoman Simmons and Mayor Holt

This is a photograph of Kaytrina Simmons and Steve Holt at the Bellamy housing development groundbreaking ceremony.

Featured Collection

Sports and Recreation

Negro Teen Agers to Elect Officers FT Fri May 21 1950 p 2.jpg

This collection contains items connected to recreational activities and sports as they relate to African American life in the Shoals.

Featured Exhibit

Work in the Shoals

This exhibit features photographs of people at work in the Shoals.

Recently Added Items

List of Qualified Voters, Lauderdale County, Alabama, April 1, 1938.

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A Friday, April 1, 1938 Florence Herald list of qualified African-American voters of Lauderdale County, which listed approximately 169 qualified…

List of Qualified Voters, Lauderdale County, Alabama, April 12, 1946.

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An April 12, 1946 Florence Herald list of qualified voters of Lauderdale County, Alabama, recording approximately 308 qualified African-American…

List of Qualified Voters of Lauderdale County, Alabama, April 10, 1942.

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A Friday, April 10, 1942 list of qualified African-American voters, approximately 212, of Lauderdale County.