Sheriff Lucius Amerson and his deputies being sworn into office by Judge Preston Hornsby at the Macon County courthouse.
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Peppler, Jim
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Chief Deputy Arthur L. Knowles is standing next to the judge). 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. 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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