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Ala. Mayoral Candidate Randall Woodfin Is a Sign of the Growing Progressive Movement in the South
Randall Woodfin believes any political revolution that takes off across the nation starts in cities like his hometown of Birmingham, Ala., where he is running as a progressive candidate for mayor. Sure, Donald Trump literally encouraged local police to abuse people in their custody, but the people with real power to ensure that doesn’t happen…
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Judge Allows White Ala. Town to Return to Segregation
A judge told a mostly white suburb near one of the blackest cities in the country that—after reviewing all of the facts—she believed the town’s request to separate itself was motivated by race. She stressed that the move could encourage feelings of racial inferiority among the district’s black students. The judge chastised the white citizens…
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1 Dead, 5 Wounded in Shooting After Ala. Peace Rally
A shooting in Birmingham, Ala.’s Gate City public housing community has left one dead and five injured, AL.com reports. The incident occurred around 8:15 p.m. Sunday, about one hour after a peace rally in Lewis Park came to an end. According to Birmingham police spokesperson Sgt. Bryan Shelton, all six of the victims were innocent…
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16th Street Baptist Church Bomber Is Denied Parole
Thomas Blanton Jr., 86, the last living convicted bomber in the 1963 attack on the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala., asked for his freedom from a parole board Wednesday and was denied, CNN reports. Blanton was a member of the Ku Klux Klan when the church was bombed on Sept. 15, 1963. The tragedy, which…
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Ala. Woman Indicted in Beating Death of 1-Year-Old by 8-Year-Old Boy
An Alabama woman whose daughter was beaten to death while she was out with a friend clubbing has been indicted, the Associated Press reports. Katerra Lewis, 27, is now facing charges of reckless manslaughter in the case involving her 1-year-old daughter, Kelci Lewis, who was beaten to death, prosecutors say, by an 8-year-old boy after…