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"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…
"Judge J.S. Clark"
This is a newspaper account of a political disagreement between James Goin and Judge J.S. Clark, a Republican in Lauderdale County.
"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.
"Colored Voters
This is a newspaper article imploring African American voters to vote for Horace Greeley, a liberal Republican candidate in 1872.
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…
Lauderdale County Republican party articles
These are newspaper articles relating to the Lauderdale County Republican party. Florence historian Lee Freeman notes: "Though there were a few local blacks who voted Democrat, after the Civil War and until FDR's New Deal of the 1930s courted them…
James Goin
These are two newspaper clippings about James Goin. The following was contributed by Florence historian Lee Freeman: James Goin (1836-aft. 1892) was a free person of color, (a mulatto) who moved to Florence, probably from Lawrence County around 1857.…
1882 election
This is a newspaper clipping from 1882, concerning election results.
"Jimmar makes Colbert Commission bid"
This is a newspaper article about Emmitt Jimmar and his bid for Colbert County commissioner.
"Colored Republicans Not Wanted"
This is a newspaper article from 1910 about the exclusion of African Americans from the Lauderdale County Republican party. After the Constitution of 1901 disenfranchised most African Americans, a Republican faction known as "Lily Whites" ignored…
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