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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 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…
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 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…
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 (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 a few years later became a weekly, by 1900 one of two papers published in Florence, in 1900 WM…
Negro Man Killed on the Dillahunty Place
December, 1879 Florence Gazette notice stating that according to Jas. J. Olive, "last Saturday" an unnamed Negro man was killed on the Dillahunty farm seven miles from Florence by a white man named "Jones."
George Patton Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison for Attempted Rape
A Wednesday, March 20, 1878 Florence Gazette report of cases in the previous week's Circuit Court, including the case of African-American George Patton, who plead guilty to attempted rape and was sentenced to seven years in the penitentiary; also …
"Capture Liquor"
A November, 1929 Florence Herald report of the confiscation by Florence police of four gallons of corn liquor in a 10-gallon keg discovered in a home on Magnolia Street allegedly occupied by African-American resident Janie Mae Anderson.
"Justice's Court"
An August 30, 1890 Florence Herald report of cases before Florence Justices of the Peace Henry D. Smith and Col. Jackson, including Roxana Seawright, convicted of "using abusive and insulting language," and fined $9.85 by Esq. Smith. Normally blacks…
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