"City to Help form Bi-Racial Committee"

"Negro Ministers Complain to Commissioners"

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A report of the complaint several local black ministers to the Florence City Commission.

Description

Two reports from the Florence Herald of 1963 on the formation of a bi-racial committee to study and make recommendations in regard to school desegregation and the subsequent complaint of Florence black ministers and committee members Rev. David Tolbert, Rev. M. C. Griffin and Rev. H. Smiley to the Florence City Commission relative to the committee, in which the pastors requested, among other things, "that membership be expanded to include a better cross-section."

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Florence Herald

Source

Florence Herald

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Newspapers.com

Date

1963-10-17
1964-01-23

Contributor

Lee Freeman

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Negro Ministers Complain to Commissioners FH Thurs Jan 23 1964 p 8..jpg

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Civil Rights

Citation

Florence Herald, “"City to Help form Bi-Racial Committee"

"Negro Ministers Complain to Commissioners",” Shoals Black History, accessed April 25, 2024, https://shoalsblackhistory.omeka.net/items/show/931.

"City to Help form Bi-Racial Committee" "Negro Ministers Complain to Commissioners"

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"City to Help form Bi-Racial Committee"

"Negro Ministers Complain to Commissioners"