Lowndes County (Ga.)
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Subject Source: Lcnaf
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
CA-006-001-003: Valdosta Project Change, Scrapbook, August 1997, August 1997
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Collection number: CA-006-001-003
Scope and Contents
8/2- Veteran local teacher offers prescription for education woes- Martha H. Shad; Rubye Pompey, a woman that served as a teacher for 31 1/2 years, suggess that children seem to have less respect for authority. Pompey suggests that teaching children to follow rules and respect adults prepares them for the school enviornment. She also notes that parents seem to have less interest in their children's progress at school.8/7- Whether they like it or not, race does matter- Bill...
Dates:
August 1997
CA-006-001-007: Valdosta Project Change, Scrapbook, January 1998, January 1998
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Collection number: CA-006-001-007
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1/24- Florida’s Democrats facing race rebellion- Associated Press; Article states that Florida's Democratic Party faced a rebellion in its ranks for removing a black man as its next state House leader in favor of a white woman. In April 1997, Rep Willie Logan was designated to be the next Democratic leader of the GOP-controlled chamber after the 1998 elections. On January 7, he was replaced by Rep Anne Mackenzie under the claim that Logan did not raise enough money to help elect Democrats...
Dates:
January 1998