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- Description is exactly "An April 13, 1928 Florence Herald listing of qualified voters of Lauderdale County, Alabama.
By 1930 the total black population of Lauderdale county was 7, 782 with a total white population of 33, 222. There were 2,751 blacks and 8,900 whites living in Florence. In April of 1928 there were 74 registered black voters in Lauderdale County--51 men and 23 women. All of the men were from Florence Beat No. 10 while of the women, 17 were from Florence Beat No. 10 and 6 were from 4 other beats (6, 9, 11, 12, 16) in the county.
Until FDR's New Deal courted their votes away in the 1930s most blacks voted Republican, as it was the party of Lincoln and emancipation. In Lauderdale County pherhaps 85-90 % of registered black voters voted Republican with 10-15% voting Democrat."
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