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May 6, 2022
Retired Sgt. Victor W. Butler, who was a mechanic for the famed flying all-Black squadron, becomes a centenarian in two…
May 4, 2022
Brown Chapel AME Church tops the 2022 list of the nation's most endangered historic places, the National Trust for Historic…
May 1, 2022
The Clotilda’s voyage was financed by a wealthy Alabama businessman whose descendants still have extensive land holdings around Mobile.
April 22, 2022
Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin used April 20, or 4/20, to announce pardons for people convicted of marijuana possession.
April 22, 2022
Project Say Something in Alabama filed a lawsuit contending officials are trying to limit protests against a confederate monument.
April 20, 2022
Alabama State University removed the name of a KKK member from a dorm and renamed it for a leader in…
April 16, 2022
Wilbur Jackson became the Tide’s first Black scholarship football player and John Mitchell became the first to play in a…
April 12, 2022
Kwame Akoto-Bamfo's interactive art installation will be on display at the Montgomery, Alabama center through July 5.
April 6, 2022
Bridge signage wouldn't change, but the words “foot soldier” would get separate marking, including silhouette art of the historic protesters.
April 3, 2022
Alabama’s first restaurant owned and operated by a Black, openly transgender woman opened in Birmingham this spring.
March 12, 2022
HBCU Jackson State is partnering with six community colleges to help associate degree graduates transition into its bachelor’s programs.
Vice President Kamala Harris
March 6, 2022
Vice President Harris joined leaders in Selma to commemorate 57 years since protesters were brutally beaten on the Edmund Pettus…
Bloody Sunday - African American Studies
March 6, 2022
Vice President Harris's visit to Selma for the anniversary of "Bloody Sunday" is a reminder that the struggle for equal…
Navari Jones thegrio.com
March 1, 2022
Navari Deon Jones was shot at least once before crashing the vehicle he was driving and dying near police headquarters…
February 13, 2022
One of the artifacts gathered from the barbershop is the receipt from the poll tax Linton paid to vote in…
February 10, 2022
Yolanda Denise Coale was reportedly asleep when she heard screaming and found the boy being hit by his older sister.
February 7, 2022
The Supreme Court put on hold a lower court ruling that Alabama must draw new districts before the elections to increase Black…
February 5, 2022
The name Autherine Lucy Foster, the first Black student at Alabama, will don an academic building also named for former…
February 1, 2022
Alabama State University has been awarded $300,000 to support improved agricultural studies at the Montgomery HBCU.
afro-puffs and spidey suit
January 19, 2022
An Alabama toddler has gone viral after her mother shared images of the child rocking afro-puffs in a Spidey suit.