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Lucius Amerson, sheriff of Macon County, Alabama, in downtown Tuskegee.

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@ Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama

Sikora, Frank

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Amerson was the first African American sheriff elected in the South since Reconstruction; he served from 1967 to 1987.
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1975 04
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Copyright, Alabama Department of Archives and History. Donated by the Alabama Media Group, http://www.alabamamediagroup.com
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Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama

Keywords

  1. African Americans
  2. Amerson, Lucius D., 1933 1994
  3. Employment
  4. Law Enforcement Officers
  5. Macon County (Ala.)
  6. Tuskegee (Ala.)

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