- Collection:
- Civil Rights
- Title:
- "City to Help form Bi-Racial Committee" "Negro Ministers Complain to Commissioners"
- Creator:
- Florence Herald
- Contributor to Resource:
- Freeman, Lee
- Publisher:
- Newspapers.com
- Date of Original:
- 1963-10-17
1964-01-23 - Subject:
- Civil rights--Alabama--Florence
- Location:
- United States, Alabama, Lauderdale County, Florence, 34.79981, -87.67725
- Medium:
- newspaper clippings
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- 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."
A report of the complaint several local black ministers to the Florence City Commission. - Metadata URL:
- https://shoalsblackhistory.omeka.net/items/show/931
- 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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