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A deputy signing a paper while being sworn in by Judge Preston Hornsby at the Macon County Courthouse.

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Peppler, Jim

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Sheriff Lucius Amerson and other deputies are standing beside him. The press was banned from the swearing-in ceremony; only Jim Peppler, photographer for The Southern Courier, was allowed to photograph the event. Amerson was the first African American sheriff elected in the South since Reconstruction; he served from 1967 to 1987. The image is a bit damaged. 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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Created Date:
1967 January 16
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Copyright, Alabama Department of Archives and History.
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Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph Collection

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Alabama Dept. of Archives and History, 624 Washington Ave., Montgomery, AL 36130

Keywords

  1. African Americans
  2. Amerson, Lucius D., 1933 1994
  3. Employment
  4. Hornsby, Preston
  5. Knowles, Arthur L
  6. Law Enforcement Officers
  7. Macon County (Ala.)

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