The 1922 Murder of Andrew Simpson

The 1922 Murder of Andrew Simpson

A Series of Florence Herald and Florence Times accounts of the June, 1922 murder of African-American porter of JW Stutts Drug Store Andrew Simpson by Stutts Drugs soda jerk Porter J. Yates. Saturday, June 24, 1922, eighteen year-old Porter Yates, Sr. (1904-1965), a white soda jerk at JW Stutts Dr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	1. Florence Times
Other Authors:	2. Florence Herald, 3. Lauderdale County, AL Circuit Court, 4. Florence Herald, 5. Florence Times, 6-10. Alvin Rosenbaum
Format:	Electronic
Published:	Project Say Something: The Shoals Black History Collection
Subjects:	Photographs, documents, and clippings
Online Access:	https://shoalsblackhistory.omeka.net/items/show/1242

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