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Black History of Health: Roxie Roker
by Jasmine Browley Lenny Kravitz has shared that Johnny Cash held him when he learned of his mother’s death in 1995. He was so pained that he wrote a song about the moment. It begins as […]
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A battle at the Alabama courthouse: Resolution sparks renewed focus on Confederate monuments
By John Sharp Earlier this month the American Bar Association urged state and local governments to remove Confederate memorabilia and other symbols from courthouses. It’s being met with skepticism in deeply conservative Alabama, where 180 live memorials […]
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Alabama football pioneer retires after 50 seasons of coaching
By Mark Inabinett John Mitchell announced his retirement from coaching on Wednesday, bringing an end to 29 seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers in his half-century on the football sideline. “I’m not sure that I can offer sufficient […]
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Tuscaloosa schools, NAACP spar over tax vote after Black History Month student walkout
By Rebecca Griesbach Local and state NAACP leaders are calling for continued pressure after Tuscaloosa County students organized a walkout and made numerous allegations of racism in local schools. A Hillcrest High School senior, Jamiyah Brown, says student […]
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David Ruggles, 19th-Century Abolitionist Known as ‘the Soul of the Underground Railroad, Owned the First Black Bookstore and Helped Free 600 Slaves, Including Frederick Douglass
SOURCE: USA Today, Javonte Anderson IN THE DEAD of a cold December night, David Ruggles woke up to the sound of a commotion outside his front door. Then, the pounding started. A voice outside asked, “Is […]
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12 Black Health & Wellness Pioneers
by Dominique Lambright February is US Black History Month. It’s also a month to raise awareness of the extremely inequitable treatment Black communities have faced in the US, and the amazing contributions Black individuals and communities […]
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When Did African Americans Actually Get the Right to Vote?
The 15th Amendment was supposed to guarantee Black men the right to vote, but exercising that right became another challenge. Sarah Pruitt In the immediate aftermath of the Civil War, the United States found itself in […]
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Always a learner, DeMeco Ryans makes history
By Joseph Goodman DeMeco Ryans wanted to be an electrical engineer, but that was probably his mom talking. Well, let me correct that. Not completely accurate. When DeMeco Ryans was a senior in high school […]
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FEAR, IGNORANCE CAN’T CANCEL BLACK HISTORY. NEITHER CAN HOOVER.
Roy S. Johnson is a Pulitzer Prize finalist for commentary and winner of the Edward R. Murrow prize for podcasts: “Unjustifiable”, co-hosted with John Archibald. This is an opinion column. One parent. One. One poor, […]
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How Doug Jones Brought KKK Church Bombers to Justice
Jones helped convict two men nearly 40 years after their crimes. BECKY LITTLE In a special election on December 12, 2017, Alabama chose Democrat Doug Jones over Republican and alleged sexual predator Roy Moore. Jones […]