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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…
Crime Reports from the Florence Herald in the 1940s
A series of Florence Herald reports of crimes, arrests and trials involving African-Americans from the Shoals area (Colbert, Franklin and Lauderdale) in the 1950s.
Founded in 1886 as the bi-weekly Florence Wave, by 1940, Marcy B. Darnall was…
Crime Reports from the Florence Herald in the 1950s
A series of Florence Herald reports of crimes, arrests and trials involving African-Americans from the Shoals Area (Colbert, Franklin, and Lauderdale Counties) from the 1950s.
Founded in 1886 as the bi-weekly Florence Wave, by the 1950s Marcy B.…
False Reports of a July 17, 1897 Lynching of Rev. NL Edmondson of St. Paul AME Church, Florence.
A series of national newspaper articles reporting on the supposed July 17, 1897 lynching of Rev. NL Edmondson of Florence, Alabama in the wake of the July 16, Anthony "Bull" Williams lynching at West Point, Tennessee and Rev. Edmondson's letter to…
Newspaper Jurors Lists for Lauderdale County
A series of late 19th and early 20th century Lauderdale County newspaper jurors lists on which African-Americans served.
Blacks were routinely noted by a ( c ) for "colored" beside their name however the papers were not always consistent in doing…
Sylvester Wilson Killed While Resisting Arrest
A Florence Times and Florence Herald article reporting the 3:30 am Thursday morning, September 11, 1919 shooting death of African-American resident of Memphis Tennessee, Sylvester Wilson, while resisting arrest.
While making his rounds East…
A Midnight Row
A Friday, September 23, 1898 Florence Herald report of the midnight, September 23, arrest of African-American resident of Florence Sandy Simpson, who was arrested after he allegedly attacked a woman who had earlier left his company because of his…
An African-American Grocery Store Robbed
A Thursday, May 16, 1895 Florence Gazette report of the robbery "a few nights ago" by two African-American boys named "Persons" [sic] and "Moor" [sic] of a grocery store in the basement of the Farmer Block in Florence owned by an unnamed Black…
"Uncle" Robert Walker Held up and Robbed of $28
A Florence Herald and Florence Times article reporting the Saturday night, April 2, 1921 robbery of Florence African-American gas company employee Robert Walker by two unknown white men, who stole $28 from Walker.
In 1910 Robert Walker (ca.…
The Indictment and Conviction of Florence Bootblack Jordan Black for the 1919 Murder of his Wife
A series of newspaper articles and other documents pertaining to the Wednesday, November 12, 1919 murder of his wife, George Anna.
Black was a disabled bootblack with either one leg or no legs (the papers differ as to which) whose stand was at 104…
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