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National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery open to the public
The National Memorial for Peace and Justice, a six-acre site overlooking the Alabama State Capitol in Montgomery opened to the public on Thursday.
Dedicated to 4,075 blacks...
Alabama Book Festival attendees first to see state’s bicentennial children’s book
Attendees of the Alabama Book Festival at Montgomery’s historic Old Alabama Town on Saturday received a special treat: they were the first to see...
Alabama House rejects bill to track race in traffic stops
Alabama lawmakers on Thursday refused to debate legislation that would have required police officers to collect data about race and traffic stops.
The bill sought...
Alabama Women’s Hall of Fame inducts Jessie Welch Austin, Jeanne Friegel Berman
Two exemplary Alabama women were added to the Alabama Women's Hall of Fame on Thursday during a luncheon ceremony in Marion, Ala. held in their honor.
Jessie Welch...
Martha Roby: Honoring the legacy of America’s pastor
Reverend Billy Graham, known by many as “America’s Pastor,” passed on from this life on February 21, 2018. Americans honored his life and legacy as he lay in honor in...
Georgette Norman hopes to use Alabama’s history to build bridges and spark dialogue
Passionate. Friends of Georgette Norman say if they had one word to describe her, that’s what it’d be.
Norman takes a more thoughtful approach. With...
Oprah visits grave of Alabama civil rights icon Recy Taylor
On Tuesday, Oprah Winfrey visited the grave of Recy Taylor, an African-American Alabama woman whose story Winfrey highlighted in her recent Golden Globes speech.
Taylor was a...
8 Alabama cities included in new national civil rights trail
Alabama and 13 other states, along with the District of Columbia, joined together to debut the U.S. Civil Rights Trail on Monday, Martin Luther King Jr....
Oprah Winfrey honors Alabama’s Recy Taylor in Golden Globe Awards speech
At the 2018 Golden Globe Awards Sunday night, Oprah Winfrey was honored with the Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement. During her acceptance...
Recy Taylor, Alabama civil rights icon, dies at 97
Recy Taylor, the black woman from Alabama whose rape by six white men drew national attention in 1944, passed away on Thursday morning just days before her...
