Negro Loses Leg

A Friday, June 28, 1935 Muscle Shoals Labor Advocate report that African-American resident of Florence Willis Reeder, a TVA employee, had a leg amputated at Colbert Hospital following an injury on the job at Wheeler Dam last Saturday.

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Format: Electronic
Published: Project Say Something: The Shoals Black History Collection
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Online Access:https://shoalsblackhistory.omeka.net/items/show/1233
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Summary:A Friday, June 28, 1935 Muscle Shoals Labor Advocate report that African-American resident of Florence Willis Reeder, a TVA employee, had a leg amputated at Colbert Hospital following an injury on the job at Wheeler Dam last Saturday.