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Colored Farmers Show Commendable
A Thursday, November 30, 1916 Florence Herald report of a meeting of African-American farmers the previous week at the Lauderdale County court house. The meeting included "a splendid exhibit of corn, hay, poultry, cured meats, vegetables and other…
Wallace Answers Callaway Article
In February of 1921, a controversy involving local African-American educator Prof. Young A. Wallace (1848-1937) erupted when local white physician Dr. William J. Callaway (1879-1939), a member of the county medical society, writing to the local…
"The first jury of colored men in Lauderdale County" / The death of Sam Anderson
This is a newspaper clipping about the death of Sam Anderson, who was found dead in Cypress Creek. Hilton Key, Sydney DePriest, and Anderson Hine were among the jurors.
"Get A Free Chest X-Ray for Tuberculosis."
A Florence Herald Thursday, June 30, 1955 notice/schedule for the free tuberculosis screening clinics in Florence-Lauderdale, including the Burrell High School and Carver Homes Community Center for black residents.
Emancipation Ceremony services
This is a newspaper advertisement for an Emancipation day service held at the Baptist church in Tuscumbia.
"Bootleggers on Trial."
"Law and Order League at Work."
"Informer Convicted."
"Fined and Appealed."
This article from June 10, 1909 recounts the arrest of "seven or eight" African-American bootleggers who were arraigned in police court on Saturday on a charge preferred by FL "Leon" Soper, a detective for the Law and Order League who claimed the $50…
"Walker Attacked by Negroes when Returning Home."
This article from June of 1929 reports an altercation between Robert H. Walker, a white government employee from Memphis on a visit home to his brother Andrew Walker's, and a group of between eight and ten black men near the entrance to the O'Neal…
"Four Negroes Make Escape from Tuscumbia Jail."
This Florence Herald article was reprinted from the Sheffield Reaper and reports the Monday, October 1, 1906 jailbreak of black prisoners George Gilliam, Les Williamson, Otis Johnson and John Buchanan from the Colbert County jail in Tuscumbia, AL.
"Slayer of 'Wrong Man' Waives Case to Grand Jury."
Reports the August 24, 1958 shotgun slaying of black resident Andy Southern by fellow black Florence resident and TVA employee Lemuel Vaughn, who mistook Southern for an unidentified white man allegedly having an affair with his wife. Vaughn admitted…
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan Come to Tuscumbia
This is a series of articles from the Times Daily of July, 1980 on the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan and its efforts to relocate its national headquarters to Tuscumbia, in Colbert County, Alabama.
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