lowndes county
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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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Beloved Alabama Sheriff Killed While Confronting White Teenager About Loud Music
“You heard ‘bout Big John?” In 2018, I ventured to Alabama’s Black Belt to see how a hookworm epidemic only found in Third World countries had made its way to Lowndes County, Ala. While searching for someone who knew the community and its residents, everyone I spoke with pointed me in the direction of the…
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#SayHerName: 100 Years Ago, Mary Turner Was Lynched
Editor’s note: This story contains graphic descriptions of a lynching, which some may find triggering. Mary Turner was eight months pregnant when she was lynched on May 19, 1918. It all began, as do many things in America, with a mediocre white man. What happened 100 years ago today has been forgotten by America. Like…
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Lowndes County, Ala.: The Place God Forgot
"It seems like everybody forgot about Lowndes County ... even God.”