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Alabama Governor (1951–1955) Gordon Persons. On July 22, 1954, a limited state of martial law was declared in Russell County, Alabama, by Governor Gordon Persons.The county, particularly Phenix City, had become lawless, and Persons lost faith in the local law enforcement, which had been implicated in illegal gambling syndicates, political corruption, and the murder of Albert Patterson, the ...
For covering, or uncovering, the problems in Phenix City, the Ledger won the 1955 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service: [1] For its complete news coverage and fearless editorial attack on widespread corruption in neighboring Phenix City, Alabama which were effective in destroying a corrupt and racket-ridden city government. The newspaper exhibited ...
The Columbus Ledger and Sunday Ledger-Enquirer were awarded the 1955 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for their "complete news coverage and fearless editorial attack on widespread corruption in neighboring Phenix City, Alabama, which were effective in destroying a corrupt and racket-ridden city government. The newspaper exhibited an early ...
Dirty water from the Phenix City waste water treatment plant flowing into the Chattahoochee has allegedly exceeded allowed contamination levels on and off for years.
The Phenix City-Russell County NAACP chapter said in a Facebook post the school board’s meeting was called “for the removal” of the superintendent ‘My work speaks for itself.’
A few of the members were from Phenix City, Alabama, having been displaced from that town when martial law was declared by the Governor and the Alabama National Guard attempted to clean the town up. The organization owned and operated motels, restaurants, and clubs at the Mississippi–Tennessee state line and in the northern portion of Alcorn ...
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Albert Love Patterson (January 27, 1894 – June 18, 1954) was an American politician and attorney in Phenix City, Alabama.He was assassinated outside his law office shortly after he had won the Democratic nomination for Alabama Attorney General on a platform of reforming the rife corruption and vice in Phenix City.