A New Sheriff in Town
- Podcast Episode
- 2022
- 31m
In the 1960s Alabama was at the forefront of the Civil Rights Movement. It's the home of the years-long Montgomery Bus Boycotts and demonstrations in Selma for Black people to gain equal vot... Read allIn the 1960s Alabama was at the forefront of the Civil Rights Movement. It's the home of the years-long Montgomery Bus Boycotts and demonstrations in Selma for Black people to gain equal voting rights. But in Tuskegee, on January 16th, 1967 - history was made when Lucius Amerson ... Read allIn the 1960s Alabama was at the forefront of the Civil Rights Movement. It's the home of the years-long Montgomery Bus Boycotts and demonstrations in Selma for Black people to gain equal voting rights. But in Tuskegee, on January 16th, 1967 - history was made when Lucius Amerson was sworn in as Sheriff of Macon County, Alabama. He was the first Black documented sherif... Read all