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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…
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…
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."
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.
Julian Bond Speaks at Florence State University
Students Dig Drugs, not Politics: Bond
A Tuesday, May 18 1971 *Florence Times-Tri-Cities Daily* advertisement for Georgia State Legislator and Civil Rights activist Julian Bond, the guest speaker of the Florence State Convocation Committee, speaking on "What's Next" Tuesday, May 18, at…
Kill Amendment No.3.
1. A November 21, 1963 Florence Herald editorial urging readers to vote against Amendment No. 3, one of 13 proposed amendments to the Alabama Constitution. According to the *Herald,* citing a bulletin published by the League of Women Voters, while no…
King Full of Hope, Despair
A Saturday, February 28, 1970 report of speeches given by the Rev. Martin Luther King, Sr., pastor of Ebeneezer Baptist Church in Atlanta and father of slain Civil Rights activist Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Friday night, at First Baptist…
Lauderdale County Schools Adopt Federal Desegregation Guidelines in 1966
Florence Herald and Florence Times newspaper articles of 1966 reporting on the integration of Lauderdale County public school facilities.
Negro Author Gives Speech in Sheffield
Wednesday, November 20, 1968 *Tri-Cities Daily* report of a speech given at the Sheffield, AL Community Center to an audience of some 400 people by black author and former undercover FBI agent (for nine years) Mrs. Julia Brown. In her speech titled…
Nothing to be Proud Of
A Thursday, August 14, 1958 Florence Herald editorial on the recent fatal beating of an African-American prisoner in Water Valley, Mississippi by the county sheriff and and his subsequent acquittal by a white jury.
Founded in 1886 as the Florence…
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