January 20, 1955
Describes Black residents in Colbert County working with the March of Dimes in an effort to end polio and includes that they met at Sterling High School to organize workers. Also, contains information about the community, including church news, school news, personal news, and funeral information.
February 1, 1955
Describes that Black residents in Tuscumbia had requested the removal of Professor P.H. Wesley as principal of Trenholm High School for the unethical arrest of a faculty member named Mrs. Delores Swoopes Jones
May 18, 1950
Describes the segregated schools in the Florence area including Slater and Burrell and the new Handy elementary school.
January 26, 1951
Explains that the Cherokee Lions Club planned to present a minstrel show and perform in blackface and also includes the names of the performers
February 9, 1951
Describes events that were to take place at the March of Dimes and includes the name of P.B. Swoopes, a Black man who served as the drive chairman
February 15, 1951
Describes that Governor Talmadge refused to integrate schools and proposed a budget that would suspend funding to public schools with Black students
February 19, 1951
Describes that a Black man named Will Ingram, who served as janitor at a segregated school in Florence, passed away
January 16, 1951
Describes that a fight between a Black boy and a white boy broke out in a Brooklyn High School and that many other students participated, as well
January 18, 1951
Explains that policeman lectured on safety to the students of Slater and Burrellschools
November 3, 1950
Briefly conveys that Dr. E.B. Norton, president of Florence State Teachers College,spoke at a conference at the Alabama State College for Negroes and advised Black teachers tomaintain professionalism when dealing with pressure groups
November 29, 1950
Briefly explains that Black children in the Colbert County area are in need of shoesand clothing
September 26, 1963
Notes that the Black child (Avery Hatcher) of Associated Press Secretary Andrew Hatcher would attend school with Caroline Kennedy.
November 1, 1955
Describes that Trenholm High School planned to have a program to discuss the Goodwyn Amendment, which was intended to increase taxes in order to support public education and the recreational facilities provided for Black children in the area.