Arthur Shores being sworn in as a councilman in the city council chambers at city hall in Birmingham, Alabama.
Shores was the first African American to serve on the Birmingham City Council. He was appointed to fill a vacancy in 1968 and was reelected to a full term the following year.
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| Online Access: | http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/amg/id/104808 |