Alabama
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Alabama Leaders to Preserve, Memorialize Courthouse Jail that Held MLK
Just days before the nation commemorates the birth of Martin Luther King Jr., officials in Jefferson County, Alabama, shared plans…
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Alabama Unveils Rosa Parks Statue on 64th Anniversary of Saying ‘No’
A new statue of the pioneering civil rights leader Rosa Parks has recently been dedicated in the state of Alabama's…
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Montgomery, Ala., Elects First Black Mayor
Steven Reed won a runoff election this week to become the first Black mayor of Montgomery, Alabama, since the city's…
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JESSE JACKSON: Extremist Laws Will Make it Harder for Poor Women to End Pregnancies
I share the concern for life that animates the most sincere opponents of abortion. I also agree that reproductive justice…
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Alabama Governor Signs Controversial Anti-Abortion Bill into Law
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed into law Wednesday the nation's controversial anti-abortion legislation, making the procedure a felony in nearly…
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Civil Rights Groups Push Alabama’s Newest Senator to Hire Minorities
Black voters propelled Doug Jones' to a historic victory in Alabama's special election for Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ vacant Senate…
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Black Judge Asked to Recuse Himself from Police Shooting Case
A Black judge in Alabama has claimed that defense lawyers want him to remove himself from a case due to…
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Feds Stop Alabama From Closing DMVs
U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx recently announced that the Department of Transportation has reached an agreement with Alabama officials to…
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HENDERSON: Events in Alabama Require Action on Voting Rights
Civil rights leaders around the country are taken aback over a recent decision by the state of Alabama to close…
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Alabama Officer Kept Job After Proposal to Murder Black Man and Hide Evidence
(The Guardian) – A police officer in Alabama proposed murdering a black resident and creating bogus evidence to suggest the killing…
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