Roderick Thomas was struggling to find a topic for the return of Mount Pilgrim Baptist Church’s community-wide Black History Month program following a two-year hiatus. Over the decade before the break ...

Caroliner, Jackson’s father, later moved from South Carolina to Louisiana. It is not certain how Caroliner gained his freedom ...

He cofounded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference shortly after his home and church were bombed, and he became its ...

SPLC spokesperson: "The policy creates a snowball effect that deprives people of their livelihoods while local cities and ...

When Alabama native Erin Crosby Eckstine decided to write a book, she wanted to create a persona she rarely sees depicted in literature — a “well-rounded and human portrayal of an enslaved character.” ...

Per al.com, that’s more than a timber land trust owned by Gov. Kay Ivey paid per acre in taxes ($1.25) in 2018. So under this ...

Hale's son-in-law became the first Black physician in Alabama. Thompson plans to write a biography about Hale and continues ...

No international body is searching for hundreds of Yazidi women and girls still held captive by the Islamist terrorists.

Into the Depths’ n “Into the Depths” on view through March 1. In the special exhibits gallery, learn about the work of Diving With a Purpose (DWP.) n Art reception ...

For all that however, the slave trade had to be brought to an end because it was standing in the way of the development of something even more profitable, if not any less abhorrent than the slave ...

The Birmingham Museum of Art will host a walking tour on March 29, connecting Rhoden’s legacy to contemporary artists.

Although “I Am Nobody’s Slave” takes the form of a memoir, Minnesota native Lee Hawkins’ book becomes something bigger: an ...