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The Black Community at Stewart's Springs
A series of documents and old Florence newspaper articles chronicling the Black community of the Stewart's Springs neighborhood of West Florence.
Prominent Negro Educator Here Friday Night
A Florence Herald Thursday, October 2, 1919 notice that Friday afternoon, October 3, at 3:15 pm, Maj. Robert Russa Moton (1867-1940), principal of Tuskegee Institute, noted black educator and successor of Prof. Booker T. Washington, who had been…
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,…
Smallpox in Florence's African-American Community in 1865-1866.
A Series of records documenting the outbreak of smallpox in Florence in December of 1865-1866, with the first cases being reported in Florence's African-American community.
Fourth of July Celebrations of the Freedmen of Florence-Lauderdale in 1866.
A series of two newspaper articles reporting on the 1866 Fourth of July celebrations of the freedmen at Seaton's Springs, in Lauderdale County.
According to the Florence Journal of Wednesday, July 11, "Some fifteen hundred of all sorts and…
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…
Negro Shows How to Hike Wheat Yield
A Monday, October 7, 1946 Florence report that John Thomas Bulls, an African-American unit test demonstration farmer of Lauderdale County, was showing other farmers in his community how to increase their wheat yield using fertilizers.
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