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Sheriff Tom Gilmore standing at the driver's side door of his car in downtown Eutaw, Alabama.

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

Jones, Ed; Sikora, Frank

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Gilmore was the first African American sheriff of Greene County and the second African American sheriff in the state (after Lucius Amerson of Macon County, who was elected in 1966). He was first elected in 1970 and held the position until 1983.
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1983
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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. Automobiles
  3. Employment
  4. Eutaw (Ala.)
  5. Gilmore, Thomas
  6. Greene County (Ala.)
  7. Law Enforcement Officers

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