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Alabama
The ‘dirty work’ of the civil rights movement revealed
“Don’t get mad — get smart,” Andrew Young’s father, Andrew Sr., once told him, growing up in New Orleans in the midst of racial tensions. Young would learn not to flare up in anger amid the discrimination but to stay calm and in control of his feelings. “If you lose your temper, you lose the…
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Alabama inmate Anthony Boyd maintains his innocence as execution by nitrogen gas nears
Alabama death row inmate Anthony Boyd continues to assert his innocence as his execution date...
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When Lionel Richie’s parents stopped him from marching with Martin Luther King Jr.
Growing up in the segregated South in the 1950s and 1960s, Lionel Richie longed to be part...
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Patrick Braxton, the first Black mayor of an Alabama town who was once barred from office, secures election victory
For the first time in decades, residents of Newbern, Alabama, went to the polls, and they delivered...
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Judge Bill Lewis makes history as first Black Republican appointed to Alabama Supreme Court
Judge Bill Lewis has made history with his appointment to the Alabama Supreme Court, becoming the first Black Republican to hold a seat on the state’s highest judicial body. The announcement came...
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Alabama HBCU receives $1M donation from ‘Law and Order’ star S. Epatha Merkerson
Law and Order star S. Epatha Merkerson has made a $1 million donation to Talladega College, the oldest private, historically Black college in Alabama. Per AL.com, Merkerson was present at Talladega...
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Alabama man charged after allegedly gunning down sister during argument
Authorities in Alabama have brought a murder charge against a man who allegedly gunned down his sister during an argument. In a statement, the Hoover Police Department said the fatal March 15 incident...
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Alabama officers fatally shoot Black teen with hands raised during alleged unauthorized no-knock marijuana raid, lawsuit claims
A new federal lawsuit details how an Alabama teenager, asleep in his childhood bedroom, was fatally shot when a police SWAT team broke down the front door of his family’s home. Randall Adjessom,...
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Suspect who shot Black transgender teen in Alabama charged
The mother of a Black transgender teenager fatally shot in Alabama a few days ago believes her daughter was targeted because of her gender identity. 18-year-old Cameron Thompson, was shot multiple times...
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Alabama father and daughter die in house fire trying to rescue pets
Tanya Walton, 28, and her father, Jimmy Walton, 72, tragically lost their lives in a house fire in Butler County last Sunday morning. According to Georgiana Police Chief Jeremy Peagler, a 911 call was...
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Semaj Wilkins: Cause of death revealed for rising football star, 14, who collapsed during practice
The Coffee County Coroner’s Office has revealed the cause of death of Semaj Wilkins, a 14-year-old freshman at New Brockton High School in Alabama. Wilkins suffered a medical emergency during football...
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Mortgage company to pay over $8M to settle lending discrimination claims in predominantly Black Alabama neighborhoods
A mortgage company has agreed to pay $8 million, along with nearly $2 million in civil penalties, to settle accusations of lending discrimination in predominantly Black neighborhoods in Alabama. The U.S....
