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  • Description is exactly "A Thursday, April 3, 1958 Florence Herald report that there were currently 16,000 registered voters in Lauderdale County, with 697, approximately 4 percent of that total, being African-American.

    The next year, on May 21, 1959 the Herald would report an increase in Lauderdale County to 17,000 voters, with 3,400, or 20 percent of the total, being Black, an increase of 16 percent from April of 1958.

    Note: See the May 21, 1959 Herald article "Higher Percentage of Negro Voter Registration Per Capita in Lauderdale County than White Registration" in the Politics Collection."

About 16,000 Voters on Lauderdale's Poll List The_Florence_Herald_Thu__Apr_3__1958_.jpg
A Thursday, April 3, 1958 Florence Herald report that there were currently 16,000 registered voters in Lauderdale County, with 697, approximately 4 percent of that total, being African-American.

The next year, on May 21, 1959 the Herald would…
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