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Alabama church of ‘Bloody Sunday’ on endangered places list

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Like religious congregants all over, the people of historic Brown Chapel AME Church turned off the lights and locked the doors at the beginning...

Plan advances to alter name of Edmund Pettus Bridge

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Alabama lawmakers on Tuesday advanced legislation that would alter the name of Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge to honor those who were beaten...

Voter turnout sagging in troubled voting rights hub of Selma

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Fewer and fewer people are voting in Selma, Alabama. And to many, that is particularly heartbreaking. They lament that...

Across the bridge: Terri Sewell carries torch for voting bill

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Growing up in the civil rights epicenter of Selma, Alabama, Terri Sewell heard all the stories. About the police violence during...

University of Alabama to remove KKK leader’s name from hall

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University of Alabama trustees voted Friday to strip the name of a one-time governor who led the Ku Klux Klan from a...

University of Alabama revisits pairing KKK leader and Black student names

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The University of Alabama is reconsidering its decision last week to retain the name of a one-time governor who led the Ku Klux Klan...

Bill seeks higher fines for taking down Confederate statues

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A legislative committee advanced a proposal Tuesday to increase the fines on cities that take down Confederate monuments in Alabama.

Terri Sewell gets no support from delegation on Voting Rights Act

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Reps. Mo Brooks and Barry Moore vowed to vote against H.R. 4, the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. Introduced by Alabama's own Terri Sewell,...

House passes bill bolstering landmark voting law

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House Democrats have passed legislation that would strengthen a landmark civil rights-era voting law weakened by the Supreme Court over the past...

Democrats unveil plan to update landmark voting law

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House Democrats on Tuesday put forward a new proposal to update the landmark Voting Rights Act, seeking against long odds to revive...

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