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Dear Mayor Woodfin, Tear it down. Get a few blow torches and axes, maybe a jackhammer or two, and tear down that Confederate monument in Linn Park. If you’d like, to appease the phony historians out there, save a portion to be put in a museum in town. But tear it down. A Jefferson County … Continued

Saturday, December 1 has been designated as Rosa Parks Day by the Alabama Legislature and there are a number of activities to honor the Civil Rights legend. Under Alabama’s Jim Crow era laws, the law required that any Black person must give up their seat in the front of a bus if a White person … Continued

It should be expected, I guess, that a museum and a memorial devoted to America’s awful history of lynchings and general mistreatment of minorities would touch a few nerves. It’s hard to look in the mirror sometimes. That’s what the Equal Justice Initiative’s museum — The Legacy Museum — and memorial — The Memorial for … Continued

Dozens of leaders from the Council on American-Islamic Relations, the largest Muslim civil rights advocacy group in the U.S., will join other prominent national civil rights and government leaders at the opening of the Memorial for Peace and Justice on Thursday. The Memorial for Peace and Justice is the nation’s first memorial dedicated to the … Continued

By Staff Report Alabama Political Report The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources announced that hunters and fishermen who participate in National Hunting and Fishing Day (NHF Day) can win a vacation package.  NHF Day Challenge participants are eligible for a NASCAR or Ultimate Outdoor experience National Hunting and Fishing Day.  NHF day is … Continued

By Brandon MoseleyAlabama Political Reporter Wednesday, September 2, the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum, which is already home of the world’s largest motorcycle collection, announced a major expansion. The current Barber Museum, which opened in October 2003, is 144,000 sq. ft. in size. The addition will add 84,650 sq. ft.  The new and improved five-story museum … Continued

  By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter The Confederate flag issue continues to resonate across Alabama like no issue has in years. Thousands of Alabamians have expressed their anger to the Governor in letters, emails, phone calls, and signing online petitions to have the flags restored to their place honoring those who served the state … Continued