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September 15, 2011
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Members of an Alabama church that was bombed early in the civil rights movement observed the…
July 20, 2011
MOUNTAIN CREEK, Ala. (AP) - The tax once brought in millions for Confederate pensions, but lawmakers sliced up the levy…
July 14, 2011
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - For some believers and church leaders, opposing Alabama's toughest-in-the-nation law against illegal immigration is Bible Belt…
July 6, 2011
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (AP) - The Birmingham City Council has pardoned six women who were arrested in 1963 for protesting segregation-era…
June 22, 2011
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - State Democratic Party Chairman Mark Kennedy said Beason's comment about aborigines damaged the state's image and…
June 9, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is reminding Alabamans of a reason to celebrate: Auburn University's championship football team...
May 20, 2011
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Rep. John Lewis said he teared up Friday when he walked through the old Greyhound station…
May 12, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - Recy Taylor is touring the nation's capital nearly seven decades after she was denied justice following a…
May 9, 2011
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Cosby told the graduates Saturday to look for ways to help the survivors of the April…
May 5, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Visitors to the currently closed show's website are immediately greeted with the message "Bring the Scottsboro Boys…
May 4, 2011
VIDEO - There is nothing left of her three thousand square foot home. Nothing but one toilet. The family cars…
May 2, 2011
VIDEO - When the tornado outbreak began last Wednesday, hospitals across the region knew they would be in for a…
May 2, 2011
OPINION - With President Obama promising the government's support and FEMA actually effective from day one, Pratt City is no…
April 30, 2011
OPINION - By standing with these Americans, we can help make their road to recovery smoother, and get them through…
April 29, 2011
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) - Obama offered comfort and help in a role he and presidents before him have had to…
April 29, 2011
TUSCALOOSA, Alabama (AP) - Obama planned Friday to tour parts of Alabama that were devastated by an outbreak of tornados…
April 28, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - Running on a campaign platform of job creation and economic development, finance attorney Terri Sewell struck a…
April 22, 2011
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - The Senate gave final approval Thursday on a voice vote to a resolution that expresses "deepest…
March 11, 2011
MONTGOMERY, Alabama (AP) - The FBI's Cold Case Initiative is investigating the 46-year-old case of a Massachusetts minister who was…
March 7, 2011
SELMA, Alabama (AP) - Thousands of marchers marked the 46th anniversary of the "Bloody Sunday" voting rights confrontation in Selma...