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Crime Reports from the Florence Herald from the 1920s Involving African-Americans Part II
A series of Florence Herald reports of crimes, arrests, and trials involving Shoals area (Colbert, Lauderdale, Franklin Counties) African-Americans from the 1920s.
Founded in 1886 as the bi-weekly Florence Wave, by 1920 one of two papers published…
Crime Reports from the Florence Herald from the 1920s Involving African-Americans Part I
A series of Florence Herald reports of crimes, arrests, and trials involving Shoals area (Colbert, Lauderdale, Franklin Counties) African-Americans from the 1920s.
Founded in 1886 as the bi-weekly Florence Wave, by 1920 one of two papers published…
The Mob in Kentucky
A Thursday, February 19, 1920 Florence Herald editorial decrying mob law and lynching in the wake of the recent attempt of a white mob in Kentucky to storm the courtroom where a Black citizen was on trial for his life, which resulted in soldiers in…
Crime Reports from the Florence Herald in the 1930s Involving African-Americans Part II
A series of Florence Herald reports of crimes, arrests, and trials involving Shoals area (Colbert, Lauderdale, Franklin Counties) African-Americans from the 1930s.
Founded in 1886 as the bi-weekly Florence Wave, by 1930 one of two papers…
Crime Reports from the Florence Herald in the 1930s Involving African-Americans Part I
A series of Florence Herald reports of crimes, arrests and trials involving African-Americans from the Shoals Area (Colbert, Franklin and Lauderdale Counties) 1930s.
Founded in 1886 as the bi-weekly Florence Wave, by 1930 one of two papers…
County Installs Drinking Fountain for Colored
A Friday, September 19, 1930 Florence Herald article reporting that the Lauderdale County commissioners had recently installed a separate drinking fountain and public restrooms for the use of African-Americans, which they would henceforth be required…
Lost Boundaries Showing to Negroes
A Thursday, December 15, 1949 Florence Herald report that special screenings for Florence's African-American community of the movie "Lost Boundaries," starring Beatrice Pearson and Mel Ferrer, based upon William Lindsay White's "Readers Digest"…
Group of Negroes Aid March of Dimes
A Thursday, February 10, 1949 Florence report of a fund-raising campaign in Florence's Black community, led by Dr. Leonard J. Hicks, to raise funds for the March of Dimes' campaign against infantile paralysis, which included four-year-old Carolyn…
Negro Legion Post is Organized Here
A Friday, December 10, 1948 Florence Herald report that the Black veterans of Florence-Lauderdale with the assistance of Post No. 11 of Florence, had established a temporary Negro American Legion post in Florence, awaiting official confirmation by…
Crime Reports from the Florence Herald in the 1940s
A series of Florence Herald reports of crimes, arrests and trials involving African-Americans from the Shoals area (Colbert, Franklin and Lauderdale) in the 1950s.
Founded in 1886 as the bi-weekly Florence Wave, by 1940, Marcy B. Darnall was…
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