A Wednesday, October 2, 1889 Florence Herald article reporting on how an African-American brakeman on the Memphis & Charleston Railroad named Oscar Jones, by his "bravery" and "great presence of mind," risked his life and narrowly averted disaster by throwing the switch to slow an oncoming L&N train.]]> 1889-10-02]]> Newspaper article about William Summerhill, who was killed by Ms. Charity Marie Rowell after he looked into her bedroom window.]]> 1957-05-02]]> 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 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]]> 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 near Reynolds Cross Road on Wilson Dam Hwy, Saturday night, May 2, at 11:45 pm.]]> 05-22-1950]]> This is a transcript of an obituary for Ruth Clement Bond that appeared in the New York Times in 2005.]]> 2005-11-13]]> 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.]]> 2010]]> 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 a newspaper clip telling a brief history of C.D. Hamilton, and Hamilton's diploma from Florence State University.]]> 2014-03-17; 1974]]>