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Pugh Reynolds and Fount Turpin Shot Tusc NA Fri Nov 26 1880 p 2.jpg
A newspaper notice of the shooting of Pugh Reynolds by his unnamed uncle, as well as the unrelated shooting of black resident Fount Turpin by an unknown person or persons.

Pugh Reynolds and Fount Turpin Shot Tusc NA Fri Nov 26 1880 p 2.jpg
Three brief newspaper notices reporting the murder of African-American Waterloo, Alabama resident Fountain "Fount" Turpin by an unknown party.

Fountain Turpin was born in Alabama ca. 1833. His wife's name was Mary (ca. 1833-) and by 1880 they had…

Shot is Fatal to Taxi Driver in Rogsvll Bham News Tues May 4 1948 p 7.jpg
A Collection of newspaper articles and other documents regarding the May 3, 1948 murder of Rogersville taxicab driver James Herschel Phillips by African-American farmer Nathan "Cush" Bowlin/Bolin.

Bowlin, a married farmer of Rogersville with at…

The NABA Open Courtland Enterp Fri Oct 23 1896 p 3.jpg
A collection of regional newspaper articles on the North Alabama Baptist Academy (NABA), founded in 1896 in Courtland, Lawrence Co., Alabama by the Muscle Shoals Baptist Association, a Missionary Baptist association comprised of sixty-six churches in…

Negro Library to Open Mon Night FH Fri March 19 1948 p 1.jpg
A series of four Florence Herald and Florence Times articles reporting on the open house of Florence's Negro Library on Monday night, March 22, 1948. The Negro Library, a branch library of the Muscle Shoals Regional Library System, was located in the…

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This is a newspaper article about Jim Boddie, who was apprehended for the alleged rape of a white woman. While Boddie was awaiting execution, he escaped and was captured near Iuka, MS. Boddie was hanged in May 1876 in Tuscumbia.

Justice's Court FH Sat Aug 30 1890 p 3.jpg
An August 30, 1890 Florence Herald report of cases before Florence Justices of the Peace Henry D. Smith and Col. Jackson, including Roxana Seawright, convicted of "using abusive and insulting language," and fined $9.85 by Esq. Smith. Normally blacks…

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This is an oral history with Ella Lula (Sloss) Long, born in 1927 in Zip City, Alabama.

Capture Liquor FH Fri Nov 22 1929 p 1.jpg
A November, 1929 Florence Herald report of the confiscation by Florence police of four gallons of corn liquor in a 10-gallon keg discovered in a home on Magnolia Street allegedly occupied by African-American resident Janie Mae Anderson.

Fuqua Negro Arrested FT Thurs Dec 15 1927 p 1.jpg
A December, 1927 Florence Times report of the arrest of Rogersville resident Aaron Fuqua for the murder of fellow-black resident Hunsey Watkins.
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