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Speech by Judge T.T. Allington and Neander Rice
This is a newspaper account of a speech given by Alabama
Secretary of State Neander Rice, to a group of black and white citizens at Brandon's Mills. Florence historian Lee Freeman notes that: "Thomas Taylor Allington (1810-1882) was a Unionist…
"Negro Parade"
This is an article about a parade of African Americans in front of the courthouse during the Democratic primary in 1874. The article accused the participants of attempting to provoke a riot, and accused white Radical Republican leaders of trying to…
"Listen Not to the Syren Song" letter to the editor about the Civil Rights Act of 1875
This is a letter to the editor concerning James T. Rapier's presentation of the bill that would become the Civil Rights Act of 1875.
Civil Rights Act of 1875
This is a newspaper article about the bill that would become the Civil Rights Act of 1875.
James Goin's political endorsement of Horace Greeley for president.
This is a newspaper clipping about James Goin's endorsement of Horace Greeley for president in 1872. The Democrats opted not to run a presidential candidate in the 1872 election, choosing instead to back Greeley (over Republican Ulysses S. Grant) as…
George W. Seawright, letter to the editor
This is a letter to the Florence Times from George W. Seawright, urging African American voters to vote for William C. Oates, a Democrat, for governor over Reuben Kolb.
1882 election
This is a newspaper clipping from 1882, concerning election results.
"Lauderdale Republicans"
This is an article about a meeting of Lauderdale County Republicans in 1890. The group included both black and white party members at this time, including Prof. Young A. Wallace and S.P. Price.
"Republican Convention"
This is a newspaper clipping about a meeting of the Lauderdale County Republicans, called by Young A. Wallace. Prof. Wallace (1847-1937) was a local black teacher of the Florence District School for Negroes, the Carpenter School, and principal of…
The Alabama Constitution of 1901
A Series of articles from the Florence Herald, Florence Times and Sheffield Reaper on the 1901 Alabama Constitutional Convention and African-American disenfranchisement.
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