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This is a letter written by Sgt. Dallas Brown, stationed in San Fransisco, California, to his mother Zuma Brown in Cherokee, Alabama. It was written…
These are obituaries for Percy Casey from 1902, and a letter to the newspaper from his mother, Mary Casey, thanking the African American Knights of…
This is a commemoration letter from the City of Florence to Joe Duster to recognize his book, Let Not Your Heart be Hardened, which chronicles his…
This is a list of Burrell graduates along with their achievements.
This is a newspaper article about Milton Franklin, who was a basketball and football coach at Sterling High School and, after integration, Sheffield…
A November 12, 1879 Florence Gazette report of a tragic accident in which teenage African-American Ed Hawkins got his head caught in a sorghum mill,…
An April 25, 1895 Florence Gazette article reporting that black brick mason John Moore, "who left here three or fours years ago for Oklahoma," had…
A Thursday, June 26, 1890 Florence Gazette biographical sketch of Jim Cross, a former slave of Benjamin Cross. Jim was 81 years old in 1890 and still…
A Thursday, July 11, 1895 Florence Gazette report that an unnamed Negro boy had been killed a few miles west of Florence "a few days ago" when a wagon…
A Thursday, July 4, 1901 Florence Herald report from a column titled "In Colored Circles" of the accidental drowning of black resident Archie…
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Letter from Dallas Brown to his mother, Zuma Brown of Cherokee.
Percy Casey, death notices and funeral expenses
City of Florence commemoration letter for Joe Duster
People who you Don't Know
Milton Franklin
Ed Hawkins' Head Tragically Caught in a Sorghum Mill
John Moore Returns to Florence
Uncle Jim Cross
Negro Boy Killed by Being Run Over by a Wagon
Archie Skipworth Drowned