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Selma marchers beaten, gas up to $1.67 a gallon: News Journal archives, week of March 3
Delaware Online | The News Journal via Yahoo News· 2 months ago"Pages of history" features excerpts from The News Journal archives including the Wilmington Morning...
Five HBCUs in Alabama to receive $2.5M in grants from National Park Service
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAlabama State University, Stillman College, Miles College, Alabama A&M University and Selma...
'Immense scale of suffering' in Gaza demands temporary cease-fire, Vice President Harris says
ABC News via Yahoo News· 2 months agoVice President Kamala Harris spoke on Sunday afternoon in Selma, Alabama, to mark the upcoming 59th...
The 1965 Civil Rights March That Changed Everything
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPeter Pettus/Library of CongressMarch 21, 1965Walter Dobyne intends to make it all the way from Selma to Montgomery this time. The 18-year-old student...
'Dangerous' Alabama tornado slams buildings, uproots trees
Associated Press via AOL· 1 year agoA giant, swirling storm system billowing across the South spurred a tornado on Thursday that...
1965 Selma to Montgomery March Fast Facts
CNN via Yahoo News· 11 months agoHere’s a look at the 1965 Selma to Montgomery march in Alabama. Facts Throughout March of 1965, a group of demonstrators faced violence as they attempted to march from Selma, Alabama, to Montgomery ...
Alvin Benn, longtime Montgomery Advertiser reporter and columnist, dies at 83
The Montgomery Advertiser via Yahoo News· 7 months agoAlvin Benn, who traveled all over the South in a 54-year career in journalism and witnessed several...
MLK Jr. changed the world. For one Milton woman, he was simply Uncle Martin.
Pensacola News Journal via Yahoo News· 12 months agoJawana Jackson of Milton holds dear the memories of her mother's stories, but none more so than...
Kathryn Tucker Windham, Howell Raines to enter Alabama Writers Hall of Fame
The Tuscaloosa News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoJournalist, folklorist, photographer, storyteller and "ghost lady" Kathryn Tucker Windham will be...
Alabama civil rights locations receive over $3 million in funding from National Park Service
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 11 months ago“This $3.1 million is a big win for the State of Alabama,” said Alabama Rep. Terri Sewell, “and will...