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Judge rejects Allen bid to halt Alabama Senate map

Federal judge says appeal limits court authority as Alabama’s Senate elections continue under remedial redistricting plan.

May 18, 2026

Alabama AG backs South Carolina in race, sex education lawsuit

Marshall joined a 17-state amicus brief in support of South Carolina's Department of Education against a civil rights lawsuit.

July 28, 2025

Alabama NAACP decries Supreme Court granting presidents legal immunity

Alabama NAACP president Benard Simelton said Trump is “definitely not a king” and called for Supreme Court term limits.

July 5, 2024

Alabama NAACP’s Shelby Summit 2024: A catalyst for change

The Shelby Summit is a call to action to urge Congress to pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act.

May 1, 2024

Concerns raised over Moms for Liberty, guns at Madison Street Festival

The primary point of contention surrounds the participation of gun vendors and the group known as Moms for Liberty.

October 5, 2023

Alabama NAACP to host voting rights summit in Shelby County

The summit will come on the 10th anniversary of the Shelby v. Holder decision.

June 14, 2023

Facade of US Supreme court in Washington DC on sunny day

Political leaders react to Supreme Court’s rejection of congressional map

New Congressional districts could have huge effects on Alabama's Congressional delegation.

June 9, 2023

Supreme Court of the United States building in Washington

Plaintiffs reflect on oral arguments on Congressional district map

The plaintiffs say the state's "race-blind" approach to drawing maps is a strategy to disenfranchise Black voters.

October 5, 2022

Pringle says Legislature followed the law in drawing of Congressional district lines

Rep. Chris Pringle, R-Mobile, carried the redistricting legislation in the House last year.

September 30, 2022

Incarcerated man alleges he was sexually assaulted by corrections officer

A judge found that officials at the prison were shielded by qualified immunity, but the incarcerated man had presented evidence of First Amendment violations.

August 17, 2022