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A Wednesday, October 2, 1889 Florence Herald article reporting on how an African-American brakeman on the Memphis & Charleston Railroad named Oscar…
Newspaper article about William Summerhill, who was killed by Ms. Charity Marie Rowell after he looked into her bedroom window.
This is a photograph of Amos Webster with a 95-pound watermelon.
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…
A Florence Times Monday, May 22, 1950 article reporting that 23 year-old African-American Grant Brown was killed by an unknown hit and run driver…
This is a transcript of an obituary for Ruth Clement Bond that appeared in the New York Times in 2005.
This is a brief bio and a photograph of Ms. Bessie Foster, who is believed to be the first African American business owner in Florence.
This is a photograph of Laney Williams Goodloe, taken in 2010.
This is an online newspaper article about Welton Reynolds, the first African American elected to public office in Lauderdale County.
This is a newspaper clip telling a brief history of C.D. Hamilton, and Hamilton's diploma from Florence State University.
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A Narrow Escape
"Negro Looks in Window: Slain"
95-Pounder
"Doctor is Honored."
Negro Killed by Hit and Run Driver
Obituary for Ruth Clement Bond
Photo and bio of Bessie Foster
Photograph of Laney Williams Goodloe
C.D. Hamilton, in memoriam and diploma