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Photographs from the time a Greyhound bus got stuck in the Burrell Slater parking lot

These are photographs of a Greyhound bus carrying tourists that got stuck in the Burrell Slater parking lot. The tourists were visiting the W.C. Handy…

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Sports and Recreation

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

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Work in the Shoals

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

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The Freedmen's Public School of Florence, 1866-1869

Waring Report to Tenge Nov 2 1866.jpg

A series of documents and newspaper articles pertaining to the Freedmen's Public School, which was founded in October of 1866 by the Pittsburgh…

Freedman Martin Connor Repudiates Union Leagues and the Republican Party in Favor of Democratic Candidates Seymour and Blair

Nov 25 Lit Index 1868 Card from Martin Connor.JPG

A November 25, 1868 reprint of a "card" originally placed in the Florence, AL LIterary Index on September 30, 1868 by Florence freedman Martin Connor…

"Fatal Shooting Affray"

Nov 18 1868 Lit Index A Fatal Shooting Afray.JPG

A November 18, 1868 Florence, AL Literary Index newspaper report of the shooting and subsequent coroner's inquest into the death of mulatto Florence…