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Sewell implores Alabamians “to speak out and demand change without violence”

Alabama U.S. Rep.Terri Sewell said that her heart aches for George Floyd and that anger should be directed not to violence but to action. “The heroes of the Civil Rights Movement showed us it is possible to change history without damaging property and torching businesses that our community members depend on, so I implore all … Continued

Brandon Moseley

June 2, 2020

Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed asks public to stay home for “next few nights” amid protests

Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed at a Monday afternoon press conference asked the public to stay at home for the next few nights, if they can. Reed’s words came after peaceful protests in Birmingham turned into a riot early Monday morning. Numerous businesses were burned, and two reporters were attacked. Protests were likely to begin Monday … Continued

Eddie Burkhalter

June 1, 2020

Council on American-Islamic Relations’ leaders to attend opening of lynching memorial

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

Chip Brownlee

April 25, 2018

EJI’s National Memorial for Peace and Justice to open next week in Montgomery

The U.S.’s first memorial dedicated to those terrorized by lynchings, the legacy of enslaved black people and African-Americans who faced the terror of the Jim Crow era is set to open in Montgomery next week. The National Memorial for Peace and Justice, which will also be dedicated to people of color who face contemporary police brutality … Continued

Chip Brownlee

April 17, 2018

Noted community activist charged with capital murder

Rev. Kenneth Glasgow is under arrest and charged with capital murder after the Sunday killing of a Dothan woman. Glasgow is the half-brother of activist Rev. Al Sharpton. Glasgow was the leader of a march against gun violence in Alabama on Saturday. Sunday night, Breunia Jennings, 23, of Dothan was shot and killed. Glasgow has … Continued

Brandon Moseley

March 27, 2018