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Terri Sewell wins election to U.S. House, defeats Republican and Libertarian opponents
The Montgomery Advertiser via Yahoo News· 2 years agoU.S. Rep. Terri Sewell will represent Alabama’s 7th congressional district for another two years....
Letter: Along with honoring Rosa Parks, end Black on Black crime
The Montgomery Advertiser via Yahoo News· 6 months agoCongresswoman Terri Sewell is proposing December 1 annually to be a Rosa Parks National Holiday. It...
Exclusive: Black congresswomen urge Biden to declare public health and national emergency around...
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA group of 20 Black congresswomen wrote a public letter Friday to President Joe Biden , insisting he...
Lawmakers push to make December 1st a national holiday named after Rosa Parks
WDVM via Yahoo News· 6 months agoWASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – A group of lawmakers wants to designate December 1st as a federal holiday in...
Alabama Black Lawmaker Calls Out New Congressional Map Limiting Black Power
The Root via Yahoo News· 11 months agoUpdated 07/29/2023 at 8:00 a.m. ET Congresswoman Terri Sewell (D-AL.) isn’t taking the latest...
Biden authorizes increased federal support in Alabama tornado recovery
The Montgomery Advertiser via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSeveral days after severe storms, straight-line winds and tornadoes tore through Alabama on Jan. 12,...
'Her death was not in vain': Victims of 1963 Birmingham church bombing remembered
The Tuscaloosa News via Yahoo News· 9 months agoSixty years ago, four little girls in Birmingham paid the ultimate sacrifice in the fight for...
CBC pushes for Rosa Parks to be the first woman to have federal holiday
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 6 months ago“She sparked the beginning of a movement that changed the very fabric of our nation,” said U.S. Rep....
Inequities in maternal health care access are not new. They have deep roots in history.
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPart 3 of a four-part USA TODAY project examining the lack of maternal health care in America's...
The Supreme Court Actually Upheld the Voting Rights Act for Once
Rolling Stone via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAfter a decade of steadily chipping away at the Voting Rights Act, the Supreme Court actually upheld...