In a recent ruling, the U.S. Eleventh Circuit of Appeals mandated that the state of Alabama must redraw two congressional districts to create two Black-majority
The chosen map consolidates cities like Birmingham and Mobile into a single district. Notably, under this configuration, District 2 will have a demographic where almost half the voters are Black. Meanwhile, in District 7, Black voters will constitute just over half the electorate.
Today marks 60 years since September 15, 1963, when 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, was targeted in a heinous act of racial violence.
The eyebrow-raising aspect here: Alabama’s own legislators admit that the newly proposed map did not meet legal guidelines and yet they went ahead with it.
In a surprising victory for voting rights, the Supreme Court has ruled against Alabama, striking down Republican-drawn congressional districts that civil rights activists argued discriminated
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On Sept. 15, 1963, four Black girls, Addie Mae Collins, Carole Robertson, Cynthia Wesley and Denise McNair, were killed in the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church
To celebrate summer, we have compiled (an almost) comprehensive list of Black owned ice cream shops in every state! Alabama Three Scoops Ice Cream (Huntsville)
Black history is not a summary of North-Star-slavery-escape stories that end with Black people receiving their freedom after a famous (often shortened) dream speech. Blackness’s
Beginning on Dec. 5, 1955, the boycott, which was led by Martin Luther King Jr., lasted 381 days.
AURN’s Tanya Hart narrates a short documentary produced by Al Merk and features an unexpected story from a former KKK member.
