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Former KKK lawyer invited to speak at Neo-Confederate conference in Wetumpka

Sam Dickson of Atlanta frequently represented the Klan in the courtroom.

July 22, 2024

The land of the free-ish: Alabama and the DEI ban bill

Only by knowing our past we will be able to advance as a society.

February 27, 2024

Is this the first step in the reconciliation of Alabama Democrats?

Former Sen. Doug Jones penned a letter praising current ADP leadership for reinstating diversity caucuses — a big step in ending internal party conflict.

February 6, 2024

A somber anniversary: 60 years since the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing

APR spoke with former Sen. Doug Jones to get his thoughts on the 60th anniversary of the Birmingham tragedy.

September 15, 2023

Did Patriot Front members in Prattville skirt KKK-era anti-masking law?

The Georgia Supreme Court ruled, "A nameless, faceless figure strikes terror in the human heart. But, remove the mask, and the nightmarish form is reduced to its true dimensions."

July 3, 2023

Lawrence County GOP mistakenly posted GOP logo with KKK imagery

Lawrence County GOP Chair Shannon Terry posted an apology on Facebook Monday.

August 17, 2022

White Tarrant councilman uses racial slur against Blacks during meeting

The Alabama Democratic Part is calling on Tarrant Councilman Tommy Bryant to resign after the outburst.

July 21, 2021

ASU strips Bibb Graves name from campus building

Workers removed the name of Bibb Graves, a former Alabama governor, from a campus residence hall that also houses the historically Black college’s famed bell tower.

October 15, 2020

Alabama Democrats demand Florence mayoral candidates denounce the KKK

The Alabama Democratic Party is demanding that the mayoral candidates in Florence Alabama — Andrew Betterton and incumbent Stephen Holt — denounce white supremacists before their Oct. 6 runoff.

October 1, 2020

The world will miss Bus Boycott minister Robert Graetz

The bomb was meant to kill Rev. Robert Graetz and his family of five. The carload of KKK boys from Selma who tossed it into the Graetz’s front yard that night in 1958, and then sped away, had every intention of killing all inside. So intent were they that when that first bomb didn’t explode — … Continued

September 21, 2020