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PFC Charles A. Burge
A Thursday, June 20, 1957 Florence (AL) Herald report that PFC Charles A. Burge of 224, North Circular Road, Florence, son of Mr. and Mrs. DL Burge, was currently participating in armored night-fighting tests at Ft. Stewart, GA, with the 82nd…
PFC Robert L. Noel Serves in Army
A Thursday, June 4, 1964 Florence Herald report that Florence native PFC Robert L. Noel, US Army, a son of Mrs. Susie A. Rolet of Florence, was currently participating in Operation Desert Strike, a joint Army-Nany maneuver in the tri-state area of…
Immigration
A November 15, 1883 Lauderdale (AL) News editorial addressing the alleged concerns of Northern immigrants to the South, which reassured readers that Northern "men of Republicans principles" were welcome in the South, especially in Alabama, and…
Crime Reports from the Florence Banner, Florence Gazette, Florence North Star and Lauderdale News from the 1880s involving African-Americans.
A series of newspaper crime reports from the Florence Banner, Florence Gazette, and Florence North Star from the 1880s.
Local Black Support for Col. William M. Lowe's 1880 Alabama Congressional Election Campaign.
Florence (AL) Gazette reports of local Black voter support for William M. Lowe's campaign for the Eighth Congressional District of Alabama.
Though an avowed Democrat, Huntsville, Alabama native and Confederate veteran Col. William Manning Lowe…
Hancock Clubs
A Saturday, September 18, 1880 Florence (AL) Gazette article reporting the formation of a Hancock, English and Wheeler Club at Cheatham's Ferry, in the "Bend of the River" area of West Lauderdale County, which "several colored men…
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…
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