Tag: Montgomery

By Dankin Andone CNN (CNN)-Rosa Parks was honored with a new statue in downtown Montgomery, Alabama, on Sunday, 64 years to the day she was arrested for...

Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed was sworn in Tuesday as the capital city's first African American leader. Reed took the oath...

CBS/AP Alabama's capital, a city once known as the cradle of the Confederacy and later the birthplace of the civil rights movement, elected its first...

By Ameera Steward The Birmingham Times Many of Alabama’s political leaders, locally and nationally, gathered Friday in Birmingham for the 26th annual Congressional Civil Rights Pilgrimage....

Associated Press Alabama State fired coach Brian Jenkins on Friday following an 0-5 start to the season and said associate head coach Donald Hill-Eley will...

By Barnett Wright The Birmingham Times Jefferson County Commissioner David Carrington announced today that he is ending his campaign for governor of Alabama. Carrington had announced his...

By Ariel Worthy The Birmingham Times A bipartisan delegation of Congressional members - blacks and whites; Democrats and Republicans; men and women -- on Friday  toured...

By Erin Harney Alabama NewsCenter The National Park Service (NPS) turned 100 years old this year. Over the past century, the organization has grown from 35...

By Kim Chandler Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- A federal lawsuit is challenging Alabama's policy of stripping convicted felons' of their right to vote. The Greater...

By Ariel Worthy The Birmingham Times Four mayors from some of Alabama’s most populous cities met this week to exchange ideas and talk issues facing their...