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Compiled by Speakin’ Out News Alabama Black-owned newspapers Speakin’ Out News, The Birmingham Times, The Greene County Democrat, and The Mobile Beacon continues in the Legacy of the Black Press of America Founded on March […]

By Dennis Pillion, The Associated Press On the eve of the Selma Jubilee, commemorating the “Bloody Sunday” march that helped catalyze support for the Voting Rights Act 57 years ago, the head of the U.S. Environmental […]

Story submitted by Lakeside United Methodist Church with courtesy photos Under the leadership of Rev. Dr. Randy Kelley, Pastor, Lakeside United Methodist Church held its Community Hero and Heroine Awards to honor residents from the […]

By Bilal G. Morris Life needs perspective. Malcolm X learned that when he traveled to Mecca to take his pilgrimage in April 1964. It’s heartbreaking to think about the pain his pregnant wife and four […]

By Mark Krikorian In 1853, Frederick Douglass wrote of cities in the North: Every hour sees the black man elbowed out of employment by some newly arrived emigrant, whose hunger and whose color are thought […]

By Kyle Whitmire, The Associated Press Yes, there is history in Eufaula. But there’s something missing. The most significant memorial in Eufaula is the one that isn’t here. Just a little further down Eufaula Avenue […]

By Libby Hendren ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Miss USA Cheslie Kryst is one of several high-profile people who have taken their own life recently. Actress Regina King’s son Ian Alexander Jr. committed suicide on his […]

By Howard Koplowitz The Alabama Legislature’s redistricting plan for 2022 will not take effect for congressional races after a panel of three federal court judges found the map dilutes the voting power of Black residents […]

Story and photos by Greg Miley, SON Messenger Retired United States Air Force Brigadier General (BG) Charles E. McGee, passed on Sunday, January 16, 2022, at the age of 102. BG McGee was a Tuskegee […]