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  • [ May 22, 2025 ] 2025 BATTLE OF THE BANDS LINEUP SET: Sports
  • [ May 22, 2025 ] SWAC commissioner ‘wasn’t that happy’ about earlier Celebration Bowl date start Sports
  • [ May 22, 2025 ] Record-breaking HBCU football player of the year signs pro contract Sports
  • [ May 21, 2025 ] Pleasant Grove Teacher’s Act of Kindness Goes Viral,Lands  Student and Mom on National TV Culture
  • [ May 21, 2025 ] Africatown Breaks Ground on $5.1 Million Welcome Center Culture
  • Headline News

    Black Men in Alabama Face Alarming Prostate Cancer Crisis

    SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS  Biden’s Diagnosis Sparks New Urgency Around Screening, Equity, and Early Detection Former President Joe Biden delivers remarks following his prostate cancer diagnosis. His condition, revealed in May 2025, has reignited national discussion [...]
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    MILESTONE MOMENT: HUNTSVILLE SCHOOLS WIN DOJ BACKING TO END FEDERAL OVERSIGHT IN KEY AREAS

    SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS Huntsville City Schools Superintendent Dr. Clarence Sutton defends the district’s push to end federal oversight in key areas ofdesegregation. While Sutton called it “a proud and affirming moment”. Huntsville City Schools has [...]
  • Headline News

    Trump, Saban Call for NIL Crackdown as Alabama Debates Rights for High School and HBCU Athletes

    May 1st appearance in Tuscaloosa sparks renewed debate on fairness, race, and regulation in college sports. SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS Former President Donald Trump and retired Alabama football coach Nick Saban appear together at the University [...]
  • Headline News

    Drake State Community and Technical College Hosts Ribbon-Cutting for Leidos Advanced Training Complex

    NEWS RELEASE Drake State Community and Technical College hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony today for its new Leidos Advanced Training Complex. The event featured remarks from Drake State President Dr. Patricia Sims, Leidos CEO Tom Bell, [...]
  • Headline News

    North Alabama NSBE Awards Scholarship to Local Students in STEM

    Story submitted by Lamont Redrick and photo credits: Johnnie Clark (L-R): Terrance Griffin, President, North Alabama NSBE; Dalila Pugh, Scholarship Chair, North Alabama NSBE; Ryan Patrick Parker, Keynote Speaker (photo credit: Johnnie Clark) Keynote speaker Ryan [...]
  • Headline News

    Trump Announces ‘Termination’ of ‘Illegal DEI’ Settlement Over Raw Sewage in Poor, Majority-Black Alabama Communities

    By Lee Hedgepeth, Dennis Pillion The agreement, reached under the Biden Administration, required the state’s Department of Public Health to improve sanitation efforts in Alabama’s Black Belt. It’s unclear what the termination will mean on [...]
  • Headline News

    MADISON COUNTY CELEBRATES BELUAH BALLARD TONEY DAY, HONORING A LEGACY OF LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE 

    HONOREES (LEFT – RIGHT) Kenneth Anderson; former City of Huntsville’s Director of the Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, formerly known as Multicultural Affairs William D. Smothers, publisher, Speakin’ Out News; Jerry Mitchell, Executive Director, [...]

State News

  • Stillman Sisters Break Barriers and Inspire a Generation of Change-Makers

    May 21, 2025 0
    SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS Chinazam Okafor (left) and Amarachi Okafor (right), Stillman College’s 2025 salutatorian and valedictorian, respectively, made history as the first-generation Nigerian students to achieve this distinction at the Tuscaloosa-based HBCU.  (Photo courtesy of [...]
  • Nailing Down the Future: How Birmingham Students Are Building Toward Homeownership
    May 20, 2025 0
  • $44 Million Biotech Grant for Birmingham Revoked Under New Trump Administration Rules
    May 20, 2025 0
  • Controversy Grows as White South African Refugees Arrive in Alabama Under Trump Policy Shift
    May 20, 2025 0

City News

  • Decatur Officer Lied About HR Role to Dig Into New Chief, Councilman Says

    May 21, 2025 0
    SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS Decatur City Councilman Billy Jackson says a police officer misrepresented the city and should be fired, coached.(AP) DECATUR, Ala. — A Decatur police officer is under fire after allegedly misrepresenting himself as [...]
  • Employee Feedback Drives Huntsville’s Best Places to Work Honors
    May 20, 2025 0
  • DELTA Inc. Launches ‘Destination Innovation’ to Inspire Huntsville Youth Through STEAM
    May 15, 2025 0
  • Blood on Highway 53: State Finally Acts After Years of Fatal Wrecks Near Huntsville
    May 13, 2025 0

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Alabama A&M News

  • Alabama A&M Athletics Announce Home Football Game Times
    May 20, 2025 0
  • Alabama A&M ROTC Commissions Nine Officers as Lt. Col. Early Howard Jr. Retires
    May 20, 2025 0
  • Physics Chair Champions AAMU’s 150th Anniversary Torchbearer Campaign
    May 20, 2025 0

Politics

  • ‘No Courtesy Given’: Democrats Stall Alabama Senate Over Jefferson County Bills
    May 21, 2025 0
  • Far-Right Republicans Sink Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ in Budget Committee Showdown
    May 20, 2025 0

Crime and Tragedy

  • Is Damien McDaniel a serial killer? If guilty, he could be the deadliest murderer in Alabama history
    May 20, 2025 0
  • ‘Heroic’ civilian who tried to save Alabama teen killed in crash badly burned when vehicle exploded
    May 20, 2025 0

Top News

  • National News

    Over 100,000 Black Women Left Jobless in April as Anti-DEI Policies Take Toll

  • Crime

    Is Damien McDaniel a serial killer? If guilty, he could be the deadliest murderer in Alabama history

  • Crime

    ‘Heroic’ civilian who tried to save Alabama teen killed in crash badly burned when vehicle exploded

  • Crime

    Prayers pour in for Miles College graduate critically injured in Bahamas boat accident: ‘Hannah is love’

  • Crime

    30-year-old man kills 34-year-old woman and then himself at Birmingham motel

  • Commentary

    No shade against our new Afrikaner neighbors, but y’all shouldn’t be here

  • National News

    Social Security Checks at Risk for Seniors Behind on Student Loan Payments

  • Commentary

    U.S. Sen. Katie Britt: Supporting Mothers, Strengthening Families: Why the Party of Parents Must Pass the MOMS Act Now

  • National News

    Alabama Institutions Lose Over $15 Million in Federal Grants Amid DEI-Related Cuts

  • Crime

    Black Homeowner Charged With Murder After Killing White Teen Filming TikTok Pranks in His Backyard at 3am

Religion

  • Pleasant Grove Teacher’s Act of Kindness Goes Viral,Lands  Student and Mom on National TV
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  • Africatown Breaks Ground on $5.1 Million Welcome Center
    May 21, 2025 0
  • Lowndesboro Restores 200-Year-Old Store That Survived 1927 Fire
    May 21, 2025 0
  • Big Bob Gibson Bar-B-Q Wins Record 13th Title at Memphis in May
    May 21, 2025 0

Sports

  • 2025 BATTLE OF THE BANDS LINEUP SET:
    May 22, 2025 0
  • SWAC commissioner ‘wasn’t that happy’ about earlier Celebration Bowl date start
    May 22, 2025 0
  • Record-breaking HBCU football player of the year signs pro contract
    May 22, 2025 0
  • Howard’s Fielding fifth in NCAA Golf Regional headed to the second round
    May 15, 2025 0

Health

  • 5 Moves To Lose Your Love Handles For Good
    May 21, 2025 0
  • Alabama Issues 2025 Fish Consumption Advisories for 22 Waterways Due to Toxic Contamination
    May 21, 2025 0
  • Castor Oil vs Black Castor Oil: Which One Should You Use?
    May 21, 2025 0
  • 5 Reasons You’re Waking up Thirsty in the Middle of the Night
    May 21, 2025 0

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