Monthly Archives: August 2024

On this day in 1942, Lawrence County’s own Fred Thompson was born.. Fred D. Thompson was born in Sheffield, Alabama, but grew up in Lawrenceburg and was a 1960 graduate of Lawrence County High School. Remembered as a class clown … Continue reading →

Sixty years ago today, on August 13, 1964, the first African-American students enrolled in Lawrence County High School and Loretto High School and the Lawrence County Schools System was desegregated. According to Carpenter and Carter’s ‘Our Hometown,’ the transition from … Continue reading →