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  • Collection: Politics

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This is a collection of articles about the Know-Nothing Party in Lauderdale County and editor Charles Wheeler of the American Democrat.

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These are articles relating to the 1901 Alabama constitutional convention, which effectively disenfranchised most African Americans in Alabama.

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This is a letter to the editor of the Florence Times from Judge J.J. Mitchell, explaining that he felt the Florence voter registration book had been stolen by people who did not want African Americans to vote in the constitutional convention…

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This is a newspaper article that discusses the vote in Lauderdale County concerning the constitutional convention of 1901. Lauderdale County, helped by a strong turnout by African American voters, voted against the proposal to hold a convention to…

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This is a recap of a speech by Emmett O'Neal of Florence during the 1901 constitutional convention, whereby the Democratic Party took measures to disenfranchise African Americans.

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This is a campaign flyer for Tori Bailey, running as a delegate to the National Democratic Convention in 1988. Bailey pledged to endorse Jesse Jackson for president.

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This is a photograph of presidential candidate Jesse Jackson speaking at Colbert Heights High School. In the bottom picture are Pat Lee, whose husband owned Shoals Ford, the first black-owned car dealership in the Shoals; Odessa Bailey, co-owner at…

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This is a letter from Bobby Denton to Bob Carl Bailey.

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This is a newspaper article about Bob Carl Bailey's proposal that the state consider shortening public education by two years, from 12 to 10 years.
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