Crowd at the Macon County courthouse for the swearing-in of Lucius Amerson as sheriff.
The press was banned from the swearing-in ceremony; only Jim Peppler, photographer for The Southern Courier, was allowed to photograph the event. Amerson was the first African American sheriff elected in the South since Reconstruction; he served from 1967 to 1987. This image was taken for (but not u...
Main Author: | Peppler, Jim |
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Format: | Electronic |
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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Online Access: | http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/peppler/id/6944 |
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