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"Cobb is Named Outstanding Citizen, '77"
This is a newspaper article about James Cobb and his political contributions through the NAACP.
Sheryl Hamilton, NAACP service award photo
This is a NAACP Service Award photo for Sheryl Hamilton, 2nd Vice President of the Tri-Cities Branch of the NAACP.
Membership card for the National Congress of Colored Parents and Teachers for Hattie Smith
This is a membership card or Hattie Smith for the National Congress of Colored Parents and Teachers from 1969.
Klan Rally in Montgomery
Photograph of a Klan rally in Montgomery, Alabama showing two men from Florence holding a sign that reads, "Florence Ala. vote against anti gun law support your local police U.K.A."
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.
Campaign advertisement for Kaytrina Simmons
This is a newspaper advertisement for Kaytrina Simmons that appeared in the September 28, 2016 edition of the Courier Journal.
The True Issue
An April 4, 1861 Florence Gazette reprint of an earlier, Valley Sentinel (a newspaper from Virginia) article, arguing that the main issue behind Southern secession and the impending war was "abolition with the north or slavery with the south. There…
"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…
Oscar Stanton DePriest
This is a link to a website with a biography of Oscar Stanton DePriest.
"Less Education Time Touted"
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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