- Collection:
- Civil Rights
- Title:
- Recent Survey Shows a Higher Percentage Per Capita of Registered Black Voters than Registered White Voters in Lauderdale County in 1959.
- Creator:
- Florence Herald
- Contributor to Resource:
- Freeman, Lee
- Publisher:
- Newspapers.com
- Date of Original:
- 1959-05-21
- Subject:
- Civil rights--Alabama--Florence
- Location:
- United States, Alabama, Lauderdale County, Florence, 34.79981, -87.67725
- Medium:
- newspaper clippings
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- A May 21, 1959 Florence Herald article reporting that "according to a recent survey" in Lauderdale County per capita there is a higher percentage of registered black voters than white voters. Out of 17,000 registered voters, 20 per cent, or 3,400 are African-American, with non-whites only constituting 13.4 per cent of the population of Lauderdale.
Civil Rights - Metadata URL:
- https://shoalsblackhistory.omeka.net/items/show/1151
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- Images are available for educational and research purposes. This image may not be reproduced for commercial purposes without the express written consent of the copyright holder. It is the responsibility of the interested party to identify the copyright holder and receive permission.
- Original Collection:
- Florence Herald
- Contributing Institution:
- Shoals Black History
- Rights:
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