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The 1957-1959 Handy Heights Urban Renewal Project by the City of Florence Housing Authority
A series of Florence Herald and Florence Times articles on the Handy Heights Urban Renewal/Redevelopment Project of the Florence City Housing Authority of the late 1950s.
This urban renewal project, one of the first in the nation, initiated by the…
Negro Boy First Victim of Polio
A Thursday, July 14, 1960 report that an unnamed 4-year-old African-American boy was the first recorded Polio victim in Lauderdale County in 1960 and Alabama's third. The boy's pediatrician stated that "the disease is no longer active, but the…
Immigration
A November 15, 1883 Lauderdale (AL) News editorial addressing the alleged concerns of Northern immigrants to the South, which reassured readers that Northern "men of Republicans principles" were welcome in the South, especially in Alabama, and…
County Installs Drinking Fountain for Colored
A Friday, September 19, 1930 Florence Herald article reporting that the Lauderdale County commissioners had recently installed a separate drinking fountain and public restrooms for the use of African-Americans, which they would henceforth be required…
Lost Boundaries Showing to Negroes
A Thursday, December 15, 1949 Florence Herald report that special screenings for Florence's African-American community of the movie "Lost Boundaries," starring Beatrice Pearson and Mel Ferrer, based upon William Lindsay White's "Readers Digest"…
Group of Negroes Aid March of Dimes
A Thursday, February 10, 1949 Florence report of a fund-raising campaign in Florence's Black community, led by Dr. Leonard J. Hicks, to raise funds for the March of Dimes' campaign against infantile paralysis, which included four-year-old Carolyn…
House Burned Fri. Night
A Friday, March 8, 1940 Florence Herald Report that the one-and-a-half story frame house at Stewart's Springs owned by African-American resident Emma McDonald and occupied by African-American resident Irene McDonald, was destroyed by fire Friday…
Went Up in Smoke
A Friday, January 23, 1903 Florence Herald report of a fire which destroyed the home of Mr. Jeff Morgan, near Stewart's Springs, just north of town. Morgan's loss was covered by insurance.
Florence Mother March on Polio
A Saturday, February 13, 1954 Huntsville Mirror report on the Negro Mothers of Florence organization and its second annual campaign in the fight against Polio.
Smallpox in Florence's African-American Community, 1900-1901.
A series of Florence Herald and Florence Times articles from February of 1900 and May of 1901 chronicling smallpox epidemics. The articles featured here report on the impact of smallpox in Florence's African-American community.
On Tuesday,…
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