alabama
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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 failed to remove raw sewage.
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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.
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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 account from one College Football blueblood.
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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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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 disturbing segment of American educators enjoy practicing: racism. As reported by CNN, Bob Wood, Alex Sharland and Teresa Weldy, all professors at the university, have been placed on leave after pictures of them wearing slavery-themed Halloween…
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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 celebrate her strength. Whether it was entering a sports journalism career when there were far fewer colleagues who looked like her than today or returning to her revered post as co-anchor of Good Morning America in 2012…
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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 monuments are dedicated to people who fought to preserve institutional racism. A building at the University of Alabama at Birmingham named after George C. Wallace has been renamed because of Wallace’s historical support of…
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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 protests against racist violence, which included the long-overdue downing of several Confederate statues and monuments across the country. Last year was also characterized by sadness for the many lives lost, like that of Rep.…