Alabama

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• SOURCE: AL.com
  8/5/2020
  

  Confederate Monument Defaced in Downtown Huntsville

  Both the Madison County Commission, which has jurisdiction over the statue, and the Huntsville City Council have passed resolutions calling for the statue to be moved to the city-owned Maple Hill Cemetery.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  7/28/2020
  

  As John Lewis was Honored in Alabama, a State GOP Legislator Celebrated a KKK Leader’s Birthday

  The lawmaker — who is a chaplain for the Prattville Dragoons, a chapter of the Sons of Confederate Veterans — attributed the intense blowback he’s facing to “anti-Southern sentiment” amid the country’s ongoing racial reckoning.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  7/26/2020
  

  John Lewis Makes Final Journey Across Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma (Video)

  Hundreds had gathered along the route from the church to the bridge, some traveling hours to see Lewis’s final journey, others lining up in the early morning.

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• SOURCE: AL.com
  6/23/2020
  

  Archives Department Acknowledges Role In Distorting Alabama’s Racial History

  The Alabama Department of Archives & History said in a statement on Tuesday that it is committed to developing programs and exhibits to promote a deeper understanding of the roots and consequences of racism.

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• SOURCE: NBC News
  6/3/2020
  

  'I Chose My City': Birmingham, Alabama, Removes Confederate Monument, Faces State Lawsuit

  Amid a backdrop of national protests, Birmingham isn't the only city faced with how to deal with what some consider outdated and racist relics of the past.

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• 6/7/2020
  

  Excerpt: Routine Dehumanization Under Jim Crow Policing

  by Kevin Shird

  Police in Jim Crow Alabama offered two kinds of outreach to schools: an "Officer Friendly" visit to white children, and traumatizing and intimidating threats of incarceration to black children.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  6/4/2020
  

  This Moment Cries Out For Us To Confront Race In America

  by Condoleezza Rice

  The Republican former Secretary of State calls for an end to looting and disorder, but recognizes that order must be secured by a renewed commitment to justice. 

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• SOURCE: Tuscaloosa (AL) News
  4/19/2020
  

  A Historic Life

  Friends and colleagues of Alabama historian Sarah Wiggins echoed certain refrains time and again, among them: “She did not suffer fools gladly.”

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• SOURCE: The Washington Post
  3/6/2020
  

  A 1963 Klan Bombing Killed Her Sister and Blinded Her. Now She Wants Restitution.

  Sarah Collins Rudolph, who survived the 1963 church bombing that killed her sister and three other girls, wants restitution and an apology for what she’s suffered.

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• SOURCE: Time
  11/11/19
  

  Montgomery, Ala., Was a Hub of the Slave Trade and a Center of the Civil Rights Movement. It's About to Swear in Its First Black Mayor

  by Olivia B. Waxman

  Montgomery, Alabama elects its first African American Mayor.  

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• SOURCE: Smithsonian Magazine
  9/27/19
  

  Listen to the Stories of Alabama’s Civil Rights Sites

  A new interactive project seeks to preserve oral testimonies connected to 20 historic locations.

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• 5/26/19
  

  Clarence Thomas is Wrong: It’s Restrictions on Abortion that Echo America’s Eugenics Past

  by Molly Ladd-Taylor and Johanna Schoen

  The animating belief of eugenics—the state should control the reproduction of poor people, immigrants, and women of color—is central to current abortion politics.

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• SOURCE: National Geographic
  5/22/19
  

  Last American slave ship is discovered in Alabama

  "This finding is also a critical piece of the story of Africatown, which was built by the resilient descendants of America’s last slave ship."

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  5/21/19
  

  Revitalizing Montgomery as It Embraces Its Past

  Two cultural projects that examine the Alabama city’s role in the civil rights movement are drawing throngs of visitors and encouraging a surge of downtown construction.

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• SOURCE: AP
  5/12/19
  

  Alabama historical group elects first black president

  The Alabama Historical Association has elected Wetumpka native Franzine Taylor as president for the upcoming year.

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  3/26/19
  

  Senator Doug Jones Writes Book on the Birmingham Church Bombing That Changed the Course of Civil Rights

  With this book, Jones invites us — indeed, challenges us — to look anew at the central paradox of the case.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  2/19/19
  

  ‘Time for the Ku Klux Klan to night ride again’: An Alabama newspaper editor wants to bring back lynching

  “If we could get the Klan to go up there and clean out D.C., we’d all been better off,” he told the paper, explaining, “We’ll get the hemp ropes out, loop them over a tall limb and hang all of them.”

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• SOURCE: Alabama.com
  2/18/19
  

  Alabama omits Civil War leader Abraham Lincoln from Presidents Day holiday

  The reason for the Alabama variation stems from old grudges birthed in the Civil War.

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• SOURCE: NYT
  5-30-18
  

  Black students punished for 1960 sit-in in Alabama get an apology

  The ringleaders had been expelled and others reprimanded.

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• SOURCE: The Hill
  4-17-18
  

  Alabama governor defends Confederate monuments: We don't need 'out-of-state liberals' telling us what to do

  Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey (R) released a campaign ad touting an act she signed last year to protect Confederate monuments in the state.