Tag: Lyndon Johnson
Steve Flowers: 60th Anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination
The assassination of John F. Kennedy happened 60 years ago this week. It occurred to me that a good many of you...
Will Sellers: Remembering the life and legacy of Lee Kuan Yew
Imagine a country in the 20th century that, in a matter of 30 years, went from a per capita income of $500...
Steve Flowers: Dr. Wayne Flynt’s “Afternoons with Harper Lee”
Renowned Alabama historian Dr. Wayne Flynt has chronicled and penned a marvelous book appropriately entitled Afternoons with Harper Lee. This gem is...
Joe Biden headed to Selma to commemorate Bloody Sunday
On Tuesday, Congresswoman Terri Sewell announced that President Joe Biden will join her in Selma on March 5 to commemorate the 58th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday, where voting rights...
Fairhope renames post office for former congressman Jack Edwards
Today, Congressman Jerry Carl joined Congressman Bradley Byrne and Congressman Jo Bonner to pay tribute to Congressman William “Jack” Jackson Edwards and...
TV station donates thousands of items to Alabama Archives
A television station has donated thousands of items including historic footage from the civil rights era to the Alabama Department of Archives...
Voting rights pioneers honored at Alabama state archives
Two pioneers for voting rights have become the first women represented in the Statuary Hall of notable Alabamians at the Alabama Department...
Will Sellers: The vice-presidential debate that never was
Over the last few election cycles, we’ve become accustomed to seeing the candidates for vice-president square off in a debate. Perhaps this...
Who’s a hypocrite? GOP, Dems debate past comments on court
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has vowed that President Donald Trump’s as-yet unnamed nominee will receive a vote on the Senate floor “this year."
Civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis lies in state at Capitol
In a solemn display of bipartisan unity, congressional leaders praised Democratic Rep. John Lewis as a moral force for the nation on...
