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Local Black Support for Col. William M. Lowe's 1880 Alabama Congressional Election Campaign.
Florence (AL) Gazette reports of local Black voter support for William M. Lowe's campaign for the Eighth Congressional District of Alabama.
Though an avowed Democrat, Huntsville, Alabama native and Confederate veteran Col. William Manning Lowe…
Hancock Clubs
A Saturday, September 18, 1880 Florence (AL) Gazette article reporting the formation of a Hancock, English and Wheeler Club at Cheatham's Ferry, in the "Bend of the River" area of West Lauderdale County, which "several colored men…
Crime Reports from the Florence Herald from the 1920s Involving African-Americans Part II
A series of Florence Herald reports of crimes, arrests, and trials involving Shoals area (Colbert, Lauderdale, Franklin Counties) African-Americans from the 1920s.
Founded in 1886 as the bi-weekly Florence Wave, by 1920 one of two papers published…
Crime Reports from the Florence Herald from the 1920s Involving African-Americans Part I
A series of Florence Herald reports of crimes, arrests, and trials involving Shoals area (Colbert, Lauderdale, Franklin Counties) African-Americans from the 1920s.
Founded in 1886 as the bi-weekly Florence Wave, by 1920 one of two papers published…
The Mob in Kentucky
A Thursday, February 19, 1920 Florence Herald editorial decrying mob law and lynching in the wake of the recent attempt of a white mob in Kentucky to storm the courtroom where a Black citizen was on trial for his life, which resulted in soldiers in…
Crime Reports from the Florence Herald in the 1930s Involving African-Americans Part II
A series of Florence Herald reports of crimes, arrests, and trials involving Shoals area (Colbert, Lauderdale, Franklin Counties) African-Americans from the 1930s.
Founded in 1886 as the bi-weekly Florence Wave, by 1930 one of two papers…
Crime Reports from the Florence Herald in the 1930s Involving African-Americans Part I
A series of Florence Herald reports of crimes, arrests and trials involving African-Americans from the Shoals Area (Colbert, Franklin and Lauderdale Counties) 1930s.
Founded in 1886 as the bi-weekly Florence Wave, by 1930 one of two papers…
County Installs Drinking Fountain for Colored
A Friday, September 19, 1930 Florence Herald article reporting that the Lauderdale County commissioners had recently installed a separate drinking fountain and public restrooms for the use of African-Americans, which they would henceforth be required…
Lost Boundaries Showing to Negroes
A Thursday, December 15, 1949 Florence Herald report that special screenings for Florence's African-American community of the movie "Lost Boundaries," starring Beatrice Pearson and Mel Ferrer, based upon William Lindsay White's "Readers Digest"…
Group of Negroes Aid March of Dimes
A Thursday, February 10, 1949 Florence report of a fund-raising campaign in Florence's Black community, led by Dr. Leonard J. Hicks, to raise funds for the March of Dimes' campaign against infantile paralysis, which included four-year-old Carolyn…
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