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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – A second Auburn University employee has sued the school for racial discrimination in a month, the Montgomery Advertiser reported Wednesday. Cameron Boozer, who is black, has been a supervisor in the […]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Authorities say a young boy was shot while he was asleep inside his southwest Birmingham home early Monday. Birmingham police said shots were fired about 3 a.m. into the home at […]

TUSKEGEE, Ala. (AP) – The search for a new president of Tuskegee University is down to two people. The historically black school in east Alabama says Lilly McNair and Jack Thomas are the remaining two […]

An Alabama woman was wrestled to the ground and handcuffed inside a Waffle House over plastic utensils. Chikesia Clemons, 25, and her friend Canita Adams placed an order at a Waffle House in Mobile, Alabama […]

HERNANDO, Miss. (AP) — Charles Barkley has donated $250,000 toward educating Mississippi and Alabama high school students about African-American history. The Commercial Appeal of Memphis, Tennessee reported last month the basketball Hall of Famer and […]

I believe that everyone between the ages of four and sixty four should either be in a good school or a good job. That is why one of my long-time goals has been to see […]

  MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama inched closer to setting aside a day to honor civil rights icon Rosa Parks. An Alabama Senate committee on Tuesday approved legislation to name Dec. 1 as Rosa Parks […]

Dothan (AP) – – Al Sharpton’s half brother was arrested and charged with capital murder after a 23-year-old woman was shot dead in Alabama in a dispute over a car, authorities said Monday. The Dothan […]

The Legislative Session has come to an end, but legislators won’t be the ones making the most important decision our government will make this year. The State Board of Education will make that decision in […]

April 10, 2018, marks one year since I unexpectedly became governor. With only three hours’ notice I was called on to lead. The tasks at hand were plentiful. We had to restore integrity to state […]