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REP. TERRI SEWELL ATTENDS UNVEILING OF DR. BETHUNE

July 20, 2022 Bouldin 0

Reprint from The Selma Sun State Rep. Terri Sewell, a Selma native, attended the unveiling of the 13 foot tall marble statue of educator and Civil Rights advocate Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune in the U.S. […]

Arrest warrant found for Carolyn Bryant Donham in Emmett Till’s 1955 lynching: ‘Charge her,’ family says

July 6, 2022 Bouldin 0

By The Associated Press A team searching the basement of a Mississippi courthouse for evidence about the lynching of Black teenager Emmett Till has found the unserved warrant charging a white woman in his 1955 kidnapping, and relatives […]

For Christians, Juneteenth Is a Time of Jubilee

June 22, 2022 Bouldin 0

RASOOL BERRY I was never taught about Juneteenth growing up. I was born and raised in Philadelphia, the “cradle of liberty,” in Pennsylvania—which was the first state to end slavery with the Gradual Abolition Act of 1780. […]

Abolitionist Sojourner Truth’s desperate fight to free son from slavery in Ala. detailed in unearthed documents

June 22, 2022 Bouldin 0

By The Associated Press In 1828, years before she took the name Sojourner Truth, a Black woman who had escaped slavery with her infant daughter won a court fight in New York’s Hudson Valley to […]

Joseph Bologne de Saint-Georges, The Black Mozart

May 25, 2022 Bouldin 0

By Tamara Shiloh Black classical music artists have been performing publicly for more than 500 years. England’s King Henry VII and King Henry VIII were entertained by trumpeter John Blanke, a Black court musician. According […]

‘Biopsy’ of Clotilda site yields wealth of data for study

May 18, 2022 Bouldin 0

By Lawrence Specker Researchers describe their latest examination of the Clotilda wreck as a “biopsy,” a carefully limited examination to retrieve samples that will help map out the path ahead. A team working under the auspices […]

Karine Jean-Pierre replacing Jen Psaki, will be first Black woman, openly gay White House press secretary

May 18, 2022 Bouldin 0

By Mark Heim President Joe Biden named on Thursday Karine Jean-Pierre to be the next White House press secretary. Jen Psaki, who previously held the position, is set to leave the role next week. Jean-Pierre will […]

Researchers returning to Alabama to examine Clotilda, last known United States slave ship

May 3, 2022 Bouldin 0

By The Associated Press Researchers are returning to the Alabama coast near Mobile to assess the sunken remains of the last slave ship to bring captive Africans to the United States more than 160 years ago. The Alabama […]

Alabama’s capitol is a crime scene. The cover-up has lasted 120 years. How 150 Years of Whitewashed History Poisons Alabama Today State of Denial

April 27, 2022 Bouldin 0

Perched atop Goat Hill in Montgomery, the Alabama capitol is the sort of backdrop local TV news stations use for political stories when they don’t have a better visual. It’s cut from a Greek Revival […]

OP-ED: Let’s celebrate Women History Month by adjusting Lady Justice’s Blindfold

March 23, 2022 Bouldin 0

By Congressman James E. Clyburn (D-SC), House Majority Whip NNPA NEWSWIRE — President Biden has upheld his pledge and has nominated the highly qualified and well-respected Ketanji Brown Jackson. If confirmed, she will be a […]