Lucius Amerson leaving the Macon County courthouse after being sworn in as sheriff.
Amerson was the first African American sheriff elected in the South since Reconstruction; he served from 1967 to 1987. Mary Ellen Gale, Southern Courier reporter, is on the far right. He served from 1967 to 1987. This image was taken for (but not used in) the article and photo spread that appeared o...
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph Collection |
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Alabama Department of Archives and History |
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Alabama Department of Archives and History |
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Southern Courier photographs |
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Southern Courier photographs Lucius Amerson leaving the Macon County courthouse after being sworn in as sheriff. Peppler, Jim |
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Southern Courier photographs Amerson, Lucius D., 1933-1994; Gale, Mary Ellen; African Americans--Employment; Journalists; Law enforcement officers; Photographers; Macon County (Ala.) |
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Amerson was the first African American sheriff elected in the South since Reconstruction; he served from 1967 to 1987. Mary Ellen Gale, Southern Courier reporter, is on the far right. He served from 1967 to 1987. This image was taken for (but not used in) the article and photo spread that appeared on pages 1 and 3 of The Southern Courier for January 21-22, 1967. The issue is available online (not on the ADAH website): http://www.southerncourier.org/low-res/Vol3_No04_1967_01_21.pdf |
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Q0000019377Q19377Lucius Amerson leaving the Macon County courthouse after being sworn in as sheriff.Amerson was the first African American sheriff elected in the South since Reconstruction; he served from 1967 to 1987. Mary Ellen Gale, Southern Courier reporter, is on the far right. He served from 1967 to 1987. This image was taken for (but not used in) the article and photo spread that appeared on pages 1 and 3 of The Southern Courier for January 21-22, 1967. The issue is available online (not on the ADAH website): http://www.southerncourier.org/low-res/Vol3_No04_1967_01_21.pdf1967 January 161960-1969Peppler, JimAmerson, Lucius D., 1933-1994; Gale, Mary Ellen; African Americans--Employment; Journalists; Law enforcement officers; Photographers; Macon 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/6950 |
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Lucius Amerson leaving the Macon County courthouse after being sworn in as sheriff. |
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Lucius Amerson leaving the Macon County courthouse after being sworn in as sheriff. |
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Peppler, Jim |
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Peppler, Jim |
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