Lucius Amerson shaking hands with well wishers after being sworn in as sheriff of Macon County, Alabama.
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@ Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130
Peppler, Jim
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Amerson was the first African American sheriff elected in the South since Reconstruction; he served from 1967 to 1987. 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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1967 January 16
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Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130Keywords
- African Americans
- Amerson, Lucius D., 1933 1994
- Employment
- Law Enforcement Officers
- Macon County (Ala.)