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`Welcome to Shoals Black History`

Work in the Shoals

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

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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.

Fan for Trenholm High School Reunion

This is a fan printed for the Trenholm High School Reunion.

Dick Howell's BBQ

These are photographs of Dick Howell's BBQ at its original and second location, along with photos of Howell family members. Also featured is a Dick…

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Crime Reports from the Florence (AL) Herald, 1900-1903.

A series of Florence (AL) Herald crime reports involving local African-Americans, 1900-1903.

Founded in 1886 as the bi-weekly Florence Wave, which…

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The Early History of the Tennessee Valley Community Church

A Series of newspaper articles and other documents on the early years of the Tennessee Valley Community Church.

This congregation was founded as…

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Negro Boys Rescue Two Aged Negro Women

A Thursday, September 3, 1953 Florence (AL) Herald article reporting that two young boys, Herman Ingram, 10 and Charles Butler, 12, had rescued two…