This is an online newspaper article about Welton Reynolds, the first African American elected to public office in Lauderdale County.]]> http://www.timesdaily.com/archives/city-remembers-reynolds-as-a-leader/article_90369442-a0df-536c-84f1-7c9a76fc0689.html]]> 2002-11-11]]> This is an article from the February, 1983 edition of Black Enterprise magazine, featuring an article about Bob Goldston. ]]> 1983-02]]> A July 23, 1961 Florence Times photo of Dr. Leonard Jerry Hicks being presented with a letter of commendation from Gov. John Patterson, a Certificate of Appreciation from Pres. John F. Kennedy and the National Director of Selective Service, and a silver lapel button by WA Parrish, field representative of the Alabama Selective Service System for completing fifteen years of service to Lauderdale County Local Board No. 39.]]> 1961-07-22]]> This is a newspaper photo of Marvin Felton, who been accused of murder in Sheffield, and his attorney Bruce Boynton. Boynton was a civil rights lawyer who, as a student in 1960, was arrested for trespassing in a Virginia bus terminal restaurant that was reserved for "whites only." Boynton appealed the case and the Supreme Court ruled in Boynton v. Virginia (1960) that racial segregation in public transportation is illegal. ]]> 1968-11-08]]> This is a newspaper article about James Floyd, who was promoted to director of testing, guidance, and training for the Florence City Schools. ]]> 1971-08-03]]> This is a newspaper article from 1964, in which Bob Carl Bailey nominated John K. Christmas to the Madison County Republican committee. Both Bailey and Christmas were black police officers who had recently been fired by the city of Huntsville for insubordination, an allegation that was likely based on racial animosity. ]]> 1964-05-06]]> A February 28, 1992 Times Daily "A Chronicle of the Shoals" article written by Teresa Campbell Brewer and Mike Goens on Mrs. Janie Donald, a Tuscumbia, Alabama music teacher who was the first black teacher at West Highland Elementary School in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee in 1965.]]> 1992-02-28]]> This is a newspaper article about Emmitt Jimmar and his appointment to the Alabama Education Association.]]> 1973-08-05]]> This is a newspaper photo of Wayman Webster and a 96-pound watermelon.]]> This is a newspaper clip about Mildred Anderson and her plans to attend Howard University.]]> 1970-06-01]]>