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A Thursday, May 3, 1956 Colbert County Reporter (Tuscumbia, AL) reprint of a Brewton Standard editorial critical of the Supreme Court's ruling that segregation of buses was unconstitutional.

No stories on Shoals Transit's decision to integrate in…

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A series of articles from May and November of 1956 reporting on the May 1, 1956 integration of its buses by Shoals Transit in response to the recent US Supreme Court ruling outlawing the segregation of buses.

Shoals Transit, headquartered in…

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A Friday, April 1, 1938 Florence Herald list of qualified African-American voters of Lauderdale County, which listed approximately 169 qualified African-American voters.

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An April 12, 1946 Florence Herald list of qualified voters of Lauderdale County, Alabama, recording approximately 308 qualified African-American voters in Lauderdale County.

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A Friday, April 10, 1942 list of qualified African-American voters, approximately 212, of Lauderdale County.

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A Thursday, April 1, 1954 Florence Herald list of qualified African-American voters of Lauderdale County listing approximately 785 qualified African-American voters.

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An April 3, 1958 Florence Herald list of qualified voters of Lauderdale County. There appear to have been approx. 803 qualified African-American votes named in this list.

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A Friday, August 8, 1902 Florence Herald voter registration report noting that there were 3,162 registered voters in Lauderdale County with "about 70" of those being African-American.

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A series of genealogical documents and photos pertaining to Silas and Julia Crittenden of Florence.

Silas Crittenden was born in 1837. His parents are unknown. There is a Silas Crittenden enumerated in the 1870 and 1880 censuses at Crittenden's…

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"The lynching spirit seems to be reviving."

A Saturday, May 4, 1895 Florence Times editorial blurb by editor Moncure W. Camper noting that lynching seemed to be on the rise and that "where lynching prevails a comparatively low state of…
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