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"List of Qualified Voters, Lauderdale County [April, 1930]"
An April 11, 1930 list of qualified voters of Lauderdale County, Alabama.
In 1930 the total black population of Lauderdale county was 7, 782 with a total white population of 33, 222 and 2,751 blacks and 8,900 whites in Florence. In April of 1930…
"List of Qualified Voters, Lauderdale County [March, 1922]"
A March 31, 1922 Florence Times list of qualified voters of Lauderdale County, Alabama.
In 1920 there were 7, 669 white males 21 years of age or older in Lauderdale County and 2, 307 black males 21 years and older; of these black males of voting…
"List of Qualified Voters, Lauderdale County, Alabama [April 3, 1958]."
A Florence Herald April 3, 1958 List of Qualified Voters of Lauderdale County, Alabama.
"Please Help Me Stand up for Alabama and For Constitutional Government."
An April 23, 1964 campaign ad by Democratic Governor of Alabama George Wallace who was campaigning on a platform of states' rights and opposition to the Civil Rights Bill, and his Wallace Electors Committee, urging Alabama voters to "Vote for These…
"Take a Good Look"
A September 26, 1963 *Florence Herald* editorial critical of the proposed Civil Rights Bill backed by the Kennedy administration, noting with approval that members of the Alabama delegation in Congress had declared their opposition to the bill "in no…
"The South and Civil Rights"
An April 11, 1957 Florence Herald editorial on the Civil Rights Bill backed by the Eisenhower administration, which editorial stated, among other things, that "it is good to know that delegations in Congress from southern states are together in…
"Think!"
Thursday, November 1, 1962 campaign ad sponsored by the Colbert and Lauderdale Democratic Campaign Committee, urging voters to "think before you vote and vote Democratic." The ad also advertises an upcoming Colbert Lauderdale Democratic Dinner to be…
"U.S. Senator John Sparkman"
An April 28, 1960 *Florence Herald* campaign ad of Alabama Democratic Senator John Sparkman, noting that among other Anti-Southern legislation he has worked and voted against all "so-called civil rights bills" and that he was opposed to the U. S.…
"You and Civil Rights"
This is an advertisement for a TV editorial program hosted by noted Alabama civic leader and businessman James D. "Jim" Martin, scheduled for 10:30 pm, Monday night, March 2, 1964 on WOWL-TV 15 (Florence's NBC affiliate station from the 1960s to the…
A Pointless and Stupid Act
A Thursday, October 9, 1958 Florence Herald editorial on the recent dynamiting of a school in Clinton, Tennessee in which 11 Black children were students along with 850 white children, an act the Herald called "pointless and stupid," and which it…
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