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Future of the American Negro
A Wonderful Man
A Thursday, May 19, 1900 Florence Herald review of Prof. Booker T. Washington's book "The Future of the American Negro" and a short endorsement of Washington by the paper.
Bob Jones
An April 16, 1964 campaign ad for Alabama Congressman Bob Jones, who "has always stood up for the South and Alabama against so-called civil rights laws."
Articles on the 1946 Boswell Amendment to the Alabama Constitution
A series of newspaper articles discussing the proposed Boswell Amendment to the Alabama Constitution of 1946.
Section 181 of the Alabama constitution allowed a citizen to register to vote if either they or their spouse owned at least $300 worth…
Appalling
A Thursday, May 3, 1956 Colbert County Reporter (Tuscumbia, AL) reprint of a Brewton Standard editorial critical of the Supreme Court's ruling that segregation of buses was unconstitutional.
No stories on Shoals Transit's decision to integrate in…
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…
"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…
"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.…
"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…
"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…
"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…
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