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The Courageous 5 Who Made History in Selma
In 1972, seven years after President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act, abolishing tools and tactics used to disenfranchise Southern black citizens, Selma, Ala.—the crucible of the civil rights movement—elected its first black City Council members since Reconstruction. A huge voter turnout and a shift to district elections in the city where people…
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Facebook Fight in Birmingham Ends With Gunfire and One Dead
A Facebook fight that started three weeks ago among high school girls in Birmingham, Ala., turned deadly Friday evening when the teenagers took the cyber quarrel to the park and gunfire erupted, police say. One of the girls, 14, died from gunshot wounds and two others are in the hospital, but expected to recover, authorities…
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Selma: They Lived the History, Now They Watch the Movie
Selma, Ala.: In 1965, when nonviolent activists in Alabama made that valiant trek from Selma to Montgomery for the right to vote, the Rev. Frederick D. Reese was in the front row, leading the way with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and others. On Saturday the 85-year-old Baptist minister sat in a packed theater in…
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The City of Selma Is Hoping to Cash In on Selma
Almost 75 percent of the registered voters in Selma, Ala., and the surrounding areas went to the polls in the 2012 general election, casting a majority of their votes for President Barack Obama and Democratic U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell. The movie Selma depicts the 1965 struggle for voting rights in the Alabama town where cotton…
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From Glory to Glory: 20 Top Black Preachers
Sherrel W. Stewart is a freelance writer based in Alabama. Some of them lead churches steeped in civil rights history. Others started their congregations from scratch. And a few have broken the glass ceiling in their respective denominations. Whatever their accomplishments, these 20 Christian ministers are at the top of their field. Click through to…
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