Recent Survey Shows a Higher Percentage Per Capita of Registered Black Voters than Registered White Voters in Lauderdale County in 1959.
A May 21, 1959 Florence Herald article reporting that "according to a recent survey" in Lauderdale County per capita there is a higher percentage of registered black voters than white voters. Out of 17,000 registered voters, 20 per cent, or 3,400 are African-American, with non-whites only...
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| Summary: | A May 21, 1959 Florence Herald article reporting that "according to a recent survey" in Lauderdale County per capita there is a higher percentage of registered black voters than white voters. Out of 17,000 registered voters, 20 per cent, or 3,400 are African-American, with non-whites only constituting 13.4 per cent of the population of Lauderdale. |
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