Religion

By SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS GEE’S BEND, Ala. — The 2025 Airing of the Quilts Festival, held on Saturday, October 4, in the historic Gee’s Bend community of Wilcox County, celebrated the area’s world-renowned quiltmakers and the Black Belt […]

By SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS GALLION, Ala. — Nearly a century after first opening its doors to African-American students during segregation, the Oak Grove School in Gallion, Hale County, has reopened as a community center and museum celebrating Alabama’s Black educational […]

By SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — On Monday, faith leaders and community advocates gathered outside the downtown office of U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R–Ala.) for a peaceful Moral Mondays demonstration calling for action on poverty, healthcare, and voting […]

By Maya Aaron, OUC PR Intern HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Oakwood University Church (OUC) invites families in Huntsville and surrounding  communities to join the fun at this year’s Fall Festival under the theme, “Creation,” on Sunday, […]

By SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Dr. Jim Vickrey, a Montgomery native who witnessed the birth of the modern Civil Rights Movement, is sharing his deeply personal story in a new memoir, Awakenings to […]