Leeds native Carl P. Morton (1920-1994) stands behind Alabama Gov. George Wallace as the governor signs the proclamation appointing Morton as the fifth Poet Laureate of Alabama in this 1986 photograph.
Carl Morton
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Courtesy of the Alabama Writers Conclave Archives
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