alabama
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Alabama Lawsuit In Local Town Challenges Limits On Confederate State Protests
The suit alleges the city of Florence, Alabama is trying to clamp down on the protests by telling the group when and how they can protest.
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Alabama Lawmakers Advance Legislation To Alter Name of Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge
The new name would be the “Edmund W. Pettus-Foot Soldiers Bridge,” but the lettering on the bridge would remain unaltered.
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Alabama Artist Honors Enslaved Women Subjected to Medical Experimentation
Mothers of Gynecology statue pays tribute to enslaved Black women who endured painful medical procedures
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Tuskegee University Football Player Fatally Shot Off-Campus
The suspect in the shooting has been charged with murder.
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Rep. Terri Sewell Plans to Reintroduce Freedom to Vote Act Upon Reelection
Upon Alabama's latest voter restrictions, Sewell plans to continue to fight for voter freedom in honor of the late Rep. John Lewis.
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University of Alabama Reconsiders Building Sharing Names of KKK Leader and First Black Student [UPDATED]
The board of trustees will meet to revisit their decision to keep the name of former Alabama Gov. Bibb Graves, who was once a KKK leader.
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SCOTUS Allows Alabama Congressional Map that Diminishes Black Voting Power
We'll give you three guesses who voted against Black folks' voting rights
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By Celebrating Black History Month, Alabama Teachers Are Accused of Promoting Critical Race Theory
Many parents in Alabama are choosing to claim that Black History Month is a form of CRT teachings.
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Federal Court Blocks Alabama GOP’s Racially Gerrymandered Voting Map
The proposed map by the republican GOP would have created just one majority-Black district out of seven.