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West Florence Neighborhood Plan
"The West Florence Neighborhood Plan is an extension and detailing of the City of Florence Comprehensive Plan. The neighborhood plan was developed through a series of meetings and community presentation that included local residents, the
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"SLAVE MISSIONS AND MEMBERSHIP IN NORTH ALABAMA"
This is a link to a thesis written by Eric Blake McLendon that concerns religion during slavery in north Alabama.
The Negro's Civil War: How African-American Blacks Felt and Acted During the War for the Union
Florence historian Lee Freman: "A classic study by one of the nation's foremost academic Civil War scholars. 1965, 1993 Vintage Civil War Library. Examines the black experience during the Civil War. "
The Price they Paid: Desegregation in an African American Community
This book chronicles the transition from segregated schools to integrated schools in Tuscumbia, Alabama.
Ku Klux: The Birth of the Klan During Reconstruction
The first in-depth, critical study of the Klan's origins since the 1970s, Ku Klux traces the Klan's origins to a group of six bored ex-Confederates in Pulaski, Tennessee in May or June of 1866, who wished to establish a secret society similar to the…
"The Kidnapped and the Ransomed. Being the Personal Recollections of Peter Still and his Wife "Vina," after Forty Years of Slavery" Electronic Edition.
This is a link to an online version of Peter Still's account of his struggle to gain his freedom.
"A Call to Assembly: The Autobiography of a Musical Storyteller"
This book is Willie Ruff's autobiography, and describes his early life in Sheffield, Alabama, his education at Yale University, and his teaching career at Yale.
James T. Rapier and Reconstruction
This book examines the life of James T. Rapier, who was born in Florence, Alabama and moved to Canada where he received an education. Rapier returned to Alabama after the Civil War and became active in politics. In 1872, he was elected to the House…
"James Rapier and the Negro
Labor Movement, 1869-1872"
This is a link to an article about James Rapier and his involvement in the Negro Labor Movement.
"A Slave Family in the Ante-Bellum South"
This is a link to an article about the Rapier family of Florence, Alabama.
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