Willie Lee Wood, Sr., standing on the porch of the Autauga County Voters Association office in Prattville, Alabama.

Wood, who was the first African American to run for office in Prattville, ran unsuccessful campaigns for coroner (in 1966) and city council (three times). In 1988 his son, Willie Lee Wood, Jr., became the first African American to hold public office in the city when he was elected to the city counci...

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Main Author:	Peppler, Jim
Format:	Electronic
Published:	Alabama Department of Archives and History
Subjects:	Southern Courier photographs
Online Access:	http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/peppler/id/554

format	Electronic
collection	Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph Collection
building	Alabama Department of Archives and History
publisher	Alabama Department of Archives and History
topic	Southern Courier photographs
spellingShingle	Southern Courier photographs Willie Lee Wood, Sr., standing on the porch of the Autauga County Voters Association office in Prattville, Alabama. Peppler, Jim
fulltopic	Southern Courier photographs Wood, Willie Lee, Sr.; African Americans--Civil rights; Prattville (Ala.); Autauga County (Ala.)
description	Wood, who was the first African American to run for office in Prattville, ran unsuccessful campaigns for coroner (in 1966) and city council (three times). In 1988 his son, Willie Lee Wood, Jr., became the first African American to hold public office in the city when he was elected to the city council; he served for 28 years, longer than any other elected official in Prattville history. The building in this image was also the office for the Autauga County Improvement Association and the Autauga Chapter of the NAACP. The same day this photograph was taken, Wood attended a gathering in a small wooden church building in Prattville, where he demonstrated a voting machine for the audience there. A photograph taken during the meeting appeared on page 1 of The Southern Courier for April 30-May 1, 1966. The issue is available online (not on the ADAH website): http://www.southerncourier.org/low-res/Vol2_No18_1966_04_30.pdf
spelling	Q0000033311Q33311Willie Lee Wood, Sr., standing on the porch of the Autauga County Voters Association office in Prattville, Alabama.Wood, who was the first African American to run for office in Prattville, ran unsuccessful campaigns for coroner (in 1966) and city council (three times). In 1988 his son, Willie Lee Wood, Jr., became the first African American to hold public office in the city when he was elected to the city council; he served for 28 years, longer than any other elected official in Prattville history. The building in this image was also the office for the Autauga County Improvement Association and the Autauga Chapter of the NAACP. The same day this photograph was taken, Wood attended a gathering in a small wooden church building in Prattville, where he demonstrated a voting machine for the audience there. A photograph taken during the meeting appeared on page 1 of The Southern Courier for April 30-May 1, 1966. The issue is available online (not on the ADAH website): http://www.southerncourier.org/low-res/Vol2_No18_1966_04_30.pdf19661960-1969Peppler, JimWood, Willie Lee, Sr.; African Americans--Civil rights; Prattville (Ala.); Autauga County (Ala.)Still imageNegatives (Photographic)Peppler, JamesJim Peppler Southern Courier photograph collectionLPP106, Box 2, Binder 3Alabama Dept. of Archives and History, 624 Washington Ave., Montgomery, AL 36130EnglishCopyright, Alabama Department of Archives and History.4000 PPI TIFFhttp://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/peppler/id/554
title	Willie Lee Wood, Sr., standing on the porch of the Autauga County Voters Association office in Prattville, Alabama.
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Willie Lee Wood, Sr., standing on the porch of the Autauga County Voters Association office in Prattville, Alabama.

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