- Collection:
- Civil Rights
- Title:
- A Pointless and Stupid Act
- Creator:
- Florence Herald
- Contributor to Resource:
- Freeman, Lee
- Publisher:
- Newspapers.com
- Date of Original:
- 1958-10-09
- 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 Thursday, October 9, 1958 Florence Herald editorial on the recent dynamiting of a school in Clinton, Tennessee in which 11 Black children were students along with 850 white children, an act the Herald called "pointless and stupid," and which it averred could only ultimately damage the South's arguments on behalf of segregation. Founded in 1886 as the Florence Wave, Marcy B. Darnall was managing editor of the Herald, Harold S. May was managing editor, Oscar D. Lewis was advertising manager, and Albert L. Martin was production manager."
Civil Rights - Metadata URL:
- https://shoalsblackhistory.omeka.net/items/show/1281
- 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 (AL) Herald
- Contributing Institution:
- Shoals Black History
- Rights:
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