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Alabama Threatens to Sue Montgomery Over Confederate Street Name

The state wants its mostly Black capital city to keep Jefferson Davis' name on a street sign

Keith Reed

11/29/21 1:00PM

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DOJ to Investigate the Grossly Overlooked and Mismanaged Waste Removal in Majority Black Alabama County

Lowndes County, Ala., has been all but forgotten by everyone including Alabama's state and local officials who…

Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

11/09/21 3:30PM

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Family of Black Woman Found Dead Inside a Police Van in Alabama Refuses to Accept Autopsy Results

The coroner said there are no signs of foul play, but Christina Nance's family doesn't believe that.

Terrell Jermaine Starr

10/14/21 2:00PM

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White Football Fans Chanted 'F--k Joe Biden' on 9/11. At Auburn, It's an American Tradition

College football fans across the country showed their patriotism on 9/11 with an obscene chant. Here is a firsthand…

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Lawsuit Filed Over Century-Old Confederate Statue in the Majority-Black City of Tuskegee, Ala.

To invoke the spirit of chaos theorist Ian Malcolm, when these racist monuments gotta go, they gotta go.

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Alabama Set to Cut Racist Language From State Constitution

A special committee is working to purge Jim Crow-era language from its governing laws.

Terrell Jermaine Starr

9/07/21 12:30PM

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University of South Alabama Professors on Leave Over Picture With Noose and Whip at Halloween: ‘This Attempt at Humor Clearly Failed’

Three professors at the University of South Alabama are facing heat for what increasingly appears to be something a…

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'My Daddy Had the Nerve to Dream': Robin Roberts Reflects on Her Father's Legacy Ahead of Tuskegee Airmen: Legacy of Courage

If you’ve paid attention to Robin Roberts’ rich career and life, you’ll probably describe her as tenacious and…

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University of Alabama Removes Name of Noted Segregationist George C. Wallace From Building

It’s weird that so many struggle to believe that America was built on racism when so many of our buildings and…

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Memorial to Rep. John Lewis Will Replace a Confederate Monument at Georgia's DeKalb County Courthouse

Some good will follow all the unrest and sadness that took place in 2020. Part of that unrest were the many…

Ishena Robinson

1/31/21 2:00PM

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Body Bags Placed Outside Alabama Courthouse to Protest Confederate Monument, Flag

An Alabama courthouse has been the site of months of protests regarding the Confederate monument and flag that are…

Joe Jurado

12/28/20 1:38PM

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Alabama Sheriff’s Office Posts ‘Thugshot’ Xmas Tree and Is Shocked When People Don’t Think It’s Funny

Apparently, law enforcement officers in Mobile, Ala., don’t know how to read a room. Or at least that seems to be…

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Some Dude Named Mo Brooks Plans to Challenge the Electoral College Over Joe Biden’s Presidency

While I thoroughly enjoyed Mel Brooks’ performance in the Oscar-snubbed Spaceballs, Robinhood: Men in Tights and the…

Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

12/02/20 2:02PM

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Alabama Voters Approve Measure to Strike Racism From the State's Constitution...But a Lot of Alabamans Are Still Racist AF

On Tuesday, Alabama voters showed that many of them are genuinely interested in living in the 21st century by…

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Alabama Will Vote on Removing Racist Phrases From State Constitution for the Third Time in 20 Years

Hopefully, the third time is the charm for a measure to remove racist language from Alabama’s state constitution.

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Not Saying America Is Racist or Anything, but Over 240 Schools Are Named After Confederate Leaders

Over the summer, cities and states scrambled to respond to the protests that erupted in the wake of George Floyd’s…

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16th Street Baptist Church Bombing Survivor Requests an Apology and Compensation From the State of Alabama

One of the most tragic moments in Black American history happened in 1963 when a group of cowardly Ku Klux Klan…

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Building at Troy University Formerly Named for KKK Leader Renamed After John Lewis

A building at Troy University in Alabama, once named after a former governor with ties to the Ku Klux Klan, has been…

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Harlem Globetrotter Demands Apology After TV Anchors Throw Banana At Him on Live Television

I have a thing about being touched.

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Alabama Public Housing Put Whites in High-Rise Towers. Says Blacks ‘Prefer’ Substandard Garden Units, HUD Report Finds

Can America do literally anything without being racist about it? We already know that this great nation of ours…

Zack Linly

8/14/20 7:30PM

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