An Alabama church has removed a pew honoring Confederate President Jefferson Davis, saying the memorial had no place at a time when rebel symbols have been adopted by white supremacists.
{FD} Family: Alabama tries to shield officer who killed black man
Relatives of a black man killed by police in Alabama’s largest shopping mall claimed Monday that a state takeover of the investigation is a bid by authorities to protect the officer. Continue reading →
{FD} Exam: Black man killed by officer shot 3 times in back
An autopsy shows that a black man killed by an Alabama police officer responding to gunfire in a crowded shopping mall was struck three times in the back side of his body, the man’s family said Monday. Continue reading →
{FD} Police refuse to release video of mall shooting of black man
An autopsy shows that a black man killed by an Alabama police officer responding to gunfire in a crowded shopping mall was struck three times in the back side of his body, the man’s family said Monday. Continue reading →
{FD} Mom: Slain son would be alive had he been white
The mother of a young black man killed by a police officer in an Alabama shopping mall said Tuesday that she believes her son would still be alive had he been white. Continue reading →
{FD} Hurricane-tossed Gulf Coast braces for more rain, wind
Powerful storms are expected to continue Friday through a region still trying to recover from Hurricane Michael. Continue reading →
{FD} Post-Michael Florida: Fear, frustration and life on the edge
Missing relatives and worries that looters are just outside the door. Continue reading →
{FD} Evacuate or not? Some gamble on staying despite Michael
Timothy Thomas isn’t budging from his home on Ocean View Drive, even though it’s directly in the path of Hurricane Michael. Continue reading →
{FD} Mississippi man pleads guilty in 5 Alabama slayings
A Mississippi man charged with using an ax and a rifle to kill five people in rural Alabama has pleaded guilty to capital murder, court records show. Continue reading →
{FD} Away, away: Alabama high school won’t play ‘Dixie’ any more
The fight over Confederate symbolism has landed in an Alabama town where education leaders have banned the high school marching band from playing “Dixie” as the fight song. Continue reading →
{FD} Project uncovering South’s hidden LGBTQ history
A new project is documenting the history of LGBTQ people in the Deep South, a region that once all but forced gays, lesbians and others to live in hiding. Continue reading →
{FD} Official: Renewed Emmett Till probe prompted by 2017 book
A renewed investigation into the brutal slaying of Emmett Till was prompted by a 2017 book that revealed lies by a key figure in the 1955 case that helped build momentum for the civil rights movement, a federal official said Thursday. Continue reading →
{FD} Funeral set for WWII pilot missing since 1944 crash
Second Lt. Robert R. Keown was piloting his P-38 aircraft to an airfield after a mission in 1944 when it crashed into a mountain in Papua New Guinea. Continue reading →
{FD} Arrest records of Rosa Parks, MLK to be preserved
Court records from the arrests of Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr. and others at the dawn of the modern civil rights era are being preserved after being discovered in an Alabama courthouse. Continue reading →
{FD} AP was there: Journalists recall covering MLK assassination
Nancy Shipley recalls working in AP’s office in Nashville, Tennessee, when the call came 50 years ago: Martin Luther King Jr. had been shot. Continue reading →
{FD} Alabama to execute convicted bomber nearly 30 years later
It’s been nearly 30 years since U.S. Circuit Judge Robert S. Vance died when a mail bomb blew up at his home in suburban Birmingham, Alabama. Continue reading →
{FD} Billy Graham played complicated role in US race relations
The Rev. Billy Graham had a complicated role in race relations, particularly when confronting segregation in his native South. Continue reading →
{FD} 17 lives lost too soon mourned after Florida school shooting
When a gunman opened fire with an AR-15 at a large high school in south Florida, he claimed the lives of students with their whole lives ahead of them, along with those of the teachers who tried to protect them. Continue reading →
{FD} Woman: Daughter disciplined after same-sex prom invitation
An Alabama woman says her daughter has been disciplined after asking another girl to attend the high school prom. Continue reading →
{FD} Killing of small-town online exhibitionist shocks community
Kathleen Dawn West described herself as a full-time wife and mom on Facebook but lived another life on other social media platforms, calling herself an exhibitionist and posting risque photos with a chance for subscribers to see sexier images for $15.9… Continue reading →
