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Removal of public Confederate symbols increased in 2020, SPLC reports
The Montgomery-based Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) released a report last week updating its 2020 year-end Whose Heritage? report...
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Alex Nelson
- Oct 28, 2021
- 4 min
Black History Month controversy at Utah school highlights lack of diversity, racial insensitivity
A public charter Montessori school in a small Utah town has grabbed national attention over its initial decision to allow parents and...
Alex Nelson
- Oct 28, 2021
- 2 min
Last Minute Black Business Holiday Buying Guide
It's the most wonderful time of the year, but not so much for procrastinators. If the Christmas clock has caught you slipping on your...
Alex Nelson
- Oct 28, 2021
- 1 min
Until Freedom makes stop in Birmingham
National social justice group Until Freedom has begun its Do It for Breonna: State of Emergency Vote Tour. The tour stopped in...
Alex Nelson
- Oct 28, 2021
- 1 min
No charges in the shooting death of Breonna Taylor
Louisville, Ky. - The grand jury in Jefferson County, Kentucky announced former police officer Brett Hankison has been indicted on three...
Alex Nelson
- Oct 28, 2021
- 1 min
Governor Ivey issues state of emergency, closes beaches as Hurricane Sally nears Alabama Gulf Coast
Montgomery, Ala. – Governor Ivey issued a state of emergency Monday ahead of Hurricane Sally making landfall along the Gulf Coast. Ivey...
Alex Nelson
- Oct 28, 2021
- 1 min
Tropical storm could impact Alabama weather in coming days
Montgomery, Ala. - While summer is winding down, the Atlantic hurricane season is reaching its peak. A broad area of low pressure and...
Alex Nelson
- Oct 28, 2021
- 2 min
Auburn names student center for its first Black student body president, now Georgia Chief Justice
Auburn, Ala. – The Auburn Student Center has been named for Harold Melton, chief justice of the Georgia Supreme Court and the first...
Alex Nelson
- Oct 28, 2021
- 2 min
Troy University renames building for late Rep. John Lewis after denying him admission in the 1950s
Troy, Ala. – The Board of Trustees of Troy University voted Wednesday to rename Bibb Graves Hall — currently named for a former governor...
Alex Nelson
- Oct 28, 2021
- 2 min
Black man shot in back seven times by WI police in front of his children – ages 3, 5 and 8
WISCONSIN – Jacob Blake, a 29 year old African-American man, was shot seven times on Sunday by a white police officer in Kenosha,...
Alex Nelson
- Oct 28, 2021
- 2 min
Harlem Globetrotter discusses 'racial undertones' of 'offensive' visit to WBRC's Good Day Alabama
Birmingham, Ala. – Maxwell Pearce, an entrepreneur and member of the Harlem Globetrotters, posted a four-minute video on Saturday evening...
Alex Nelson
- Oct 28, 2021
- 2 min
Alabama, Auburn players respond as coronavirus leads major conferences to nix fall football schedule
Birmingham, Ala. – Teams like Ohio State, Michigan, USC, and Oregon will not be playing college football this Fall as the Big Ten and...
Alex Nelson
- Oct 28, 2021
- 2 min
Federal investigation finds rampant segregation, racial bias at Decatur Housing Authority
Decatur, Ala. – A U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) investigation found that 94 percent of the Decatur Housing...
Alex Nelson
- Oct 28, 2021
- 2 min
Thousands of Alabama school-bound laptops held up in U.S. Customs due to human rights sanctions
Etowah County, Ala. – A potential customs dispute over laptops may throw a wrench in some school system’s ability to teach virtually this...
Alex Nelson
- Oct 28, 2021
- 5 min
Auburn University at Montgomery explores race relations, Medicaid expansion and education equity
This story was originally posted by Auburn University at Montgomery (AUM) Montgomery, Ala. - Peaceful protests in response to police...
Alex Nelson
- Oct 28, 2021
- 1 min
ASU Board Renews Contract of Fmr. State Senator, Dr. Quinton Ross, as University President
(Montgomery, Ala.) – The Board of Trustees for Alabama State University (ASU) voted today to renew the contract of the University's 15th...
Alex Nelson
- Oct 28, 2021
- 3 min
SWAC Cancels Fall Sports; Magic City Classic Postponed Until Spring
By Corryn Carter, Our 360 Staff Writer Birmingham, Ala. - The Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) voted unanimously to postpone...
Alex Nelson
- Oct 28, 2021
- 2 min
College Football In Peril As More Conferences Cancel Season
Birmingham, Ala. - SEC football fans would normally have a lot to talk about around the water cooler these days. SEC Media Days, a July...
Alex Nelson
- Oct 28, 2021
- 2 min
Safety Concerns Grow in Hoover Over Shootings at The Riverchase Galleria Mall
On February 19, 1986, the largest enclosed shopping center in Alabama opened in Jefferson County. A stone’s throw from Birmingham, the...
Alex Nelson
- Oct 28, 2021
- 1 min
Jeff Sessions calls Black Harvard scholar “some criminal”
In a New York Times Magazine article published Tuesday, Alabama U.S. Senate candidate Jeff Sessions referred to celebrated Harvard...